適(てき)する

適(てき)する means to be suitable or fitting for something. It's a formal expression often used in written language.

Transitivity

• Type: 自動詞(じどうし) (intransitive)
• Takes に particle: ～に適(てき)する

Common patterns

• 条件(じょうけん)に適(てき)する: to meet conditions
• 仕事(しごと)に適(てき)している: to be suited for the job
• 目的(もくてき)に適(てき)する: to suit the purpose

Similar words

• 向(む)いている: to be suited for (more conversational)
• ふさわしい: to be appropriate/worthy
• 合(あ)う: to fit, match (general use)

Related words

• 適切(てきせつ): appropriate (な-adjective)
• 適当(てきとう): suitable; also "random/careless" (colloquial)
• 最適(さいてき): optimal, best suited

ASPECT (ている):

• 適(てき)している: is suited to / is suitable for (stative; used adjectivally)
• Note: 適(てき)する is a stative verb, and the ている form is its most natural everyday citation form — equivalent to English "is suitable." The plain form 適(てき)する appears mainly in dictionary-style or formal writing. The past-participle-like form 適(てき)した also modifies nouns with the same stative meaning: リーダーに適(てき)した人物(じんぶつ) (a person suited to be a leader).