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JLPT N3na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

適てき切せつ

tekisetsu

appropriate, suitable

Example sentences

  1. これは適切てきせつな例れいだと思おもいます。

    I think this is a case in point.

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  2. あれはどうも適切てきせつな発言はつげんではなかった。

    That was not at all an appropriate remark.

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  3. 君きみの答こたえは適切てきせつである。

    Your answer is to the point.

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Kanji in 適切

  • 適suitable; occasionalOnテキKunかなう
  • 切cutOnセツ・サイKunきる・きり・きれる

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