適応

See also: 適應

Japanese

Kanji in this term
適	応
てき Grade: 5	おう Grade: 5
kan'yōon	goon

Alternative spelling
適應 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) てきおー [tèkíóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [te̞kʲio̞ː]

Noun

適(てき)応(おう) • (tekiō) ^{←てきおう (tekiou)^?}

adaptation, the quality of being suited to some condition or requirement
(biology, evolutionary theory) an adaptation; a trait that makes an organism better suited to an environment
(psychology) adjustment, quality of a person adapted to some social environment

Derived terms

適(てき)応(おう)機(き)制(せい) (tekiō kisei)
適(てき)応(おう)酵(こう)素(そ) (tekiō kōso)
適(てき)応(おう)指(し)導(どう)教(きょう)室(しつ) (tekiō shidō kyōshitsu)
適(てき)応(おう)症(しょう) (tekiōshō)
適(てき)応(おう)障(しょう)害(がい) (tekiō shōgai)
適(てき)応(おう)症(しょう)候(こう)群(ぐん) (tekiō shōkōgun)
適(てき)応(おう)性(せい) (tekiōsei)
適(てき)応(おう)制(せい)御(ぎょ) (tekiō seigyo)
適(てき)応(おう)放(ほう)散(さん) (tekiō hōsan)

Verb

適(てき)応(おう)する • (tekiō suru) ^{←てきおう (tekiou)^?}intransitive suru (stem 適(てき)応(おう)し (tekiō shi), past 適(てき)応(おう)した (tekiō shita))

adapt, adjust, fit in, conform
- 1940, Kiyoshi Miki, Tetsugaku nyūmon [An introduction to philosophy]‎^[1]:
  
  「生(せい)あるものは外(がい)的(てき)影(えい)響(きょう)の極(きわ)めて多(た)様(よう)な条(じょう)件(けん)に自(じ)己(こ)を適(てき)応(おう)させ、しかも一(いっ)定(てい)の獲(かく)得(とく)された決(けっ)定(てい)的(てき)な独(どく)立(りつ)性(せい)を失(うしな)わないという天(てん)賦(ぷ)を有(ゆう)する」、とゲーテも書(か)いている。
  “Sei aru mono wa gaiteki eikyō no kiwamete tayō na jōken ni jiko o tekiō sase, shikamo ittei no kakutoku sareta ketteiteki na dokuritsusei o ushinawanai to iu tenpu o yūsuru”, to Gēte mo kaiteiru.
  Goethe wrote (in his work) that, “All living things adapt themselves to conditions with extremely diverse external influences, and moreover, they have a natural talent of not losing a certain acquired crucial independence”.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "適応する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	適応し	てきおうし	tekiō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	適応し	てきおうし	tekiō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	適応する	てきおうする	tekiō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	適応する	てきおうする	tekiō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	適応すれ	てきおうすれ	tekiō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	適応せよ¹ 適応しろ²	てきおうせよ¹ てきおうしろ²	tekiō seyo¹ tekiō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	適応される	てきおうされる	tekiō sareru
Causative	適応させる適応さす	てきおうさせるてきおうさす	tekiō saseru tekiō sasu
Potential	適応できる	てきおうできる	tekiō dekiru
Volitional	適応しよう	てきおうしよう	tekiō shiyō
Negative	適応しない	てきおうしない	tekiō shinai
Negative continuative	適応せず	てきおうせず	tekiō sezu
Formal	適応します	てきおうします	tekiō shimasu
Perfective	適応した	てきおうした	tekiō shita
Conjunctive	適応して	てきおうして	tekiō shite
Hypothetical conditional	適応すれば	てきおうすれば	tekiō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“適応”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026