適す

Japanese

Etymology

(てき) (teki, suitable) + (su, archaic form of する (suru)). Has shifted from s-irregular to godan conjugation.[1]

Kanji in this term
てき
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Verb

(てき) • (tekisuintransitive godan (stem (てき) (tekishi), past (てき)した (tekishita))

  1. suit, be suited for, lend itself to

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ 適す”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months