No. 3,607 in Japanese
適切
Appropriate; suitable.
In a sentence
この書類には適切な署名が必要です。
This document requires an appropriate signature.
The word '適切' is used to describe the necessity of an appropriate, fitting element (signature).
問題に適切な解決策を見つけるのは重要です。
Finding an appropriate solution to the problem is important.
Here, '適切' qualifies a solution as suitable and correct for the given context (problem).
彼のコメントはその場には適切ではありませんでした。
His comment was not appropriate for the occasion.
In this sentence, '適切' is utilized to describe how certain behavior (comment) fits or does not fit in a social or situational setting.
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