適す

Japanese

Etymology

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

Kanji in this term
適
てき
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Verb

適(てき)す • (tekisu) intransitive godan (stem 適(てき)し (tekishi), past 適(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]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
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