適う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
適
かな
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かな​う [kànáꜜù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠na̠ɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

適(かな)う • (kanau) ←かなふ (kanafu)?godan (stem 適(かな)い (kanai), past 適(かな)った (kanatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 適える
mediopassive 適う
  1. to be suited, to meet with, to match
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典/新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局/大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      事実(じじつ)に適(かな)う
      jijitsu ni kanau
      Matches the truth

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • 眼鏡(めがね)に適(かな)う (megane ni kanau)

See also

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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