Illustration: Behind the curtain at a community children’s puppet show, a volunteer with a compact sewing kit expertly reattaches a puppet’s dangling arm. The organizer holds the puppet steady, visibly relieved, while another helper waits with an unsuitable roll of bulky packing tape.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

適てき任にん

tekinin

suitable, qualified

Example sentences

その仕事しごとには彼かれが適任てきにんだ。
He is the proper person for the job.
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彼女かのじょはジュリエットの役やくを演えんじるのに適任てきにんだ。
She is a natural to play the part of Juliet.
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彼かれはその仕事しごとに適任てきにんではなかった。
He was not an apt person for the task.
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Kanji in 適任

適suitable; occasionalOnテキKunかなう
任responsibility; entrustOnニンKunまかせる・まかす

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