- 適当【てきとう】 - suitable, proper, appropriate, adequate, fit, fair, perfunctory, half-minded, sloppy, lazy, careless, noncommittal, unreliable, irresponsible, haphazard 
- 最適【さいてき】 - most suitable, optimum, optimal, best 
- 快適【かいてき】 - pleasant, agreeable, comfortable 
- 適切【てきせつ】 - appropriate, suitable, fitting, apt, proper, right, pertinent, relevant 
- 適応【てきおう】 - adaptation, accommodation, conformity 
- 不適切【ふてきせつ】 - unsuitable, inappropriate, improper 
- 適用【てきよう】 - applying (e.g. a technology), adoption 
- 適任【てきにん】 - competent, suitable, qualified 
- 適度【てきど】 - moderate (degree), proper (amount), temperate, suitable 
- 適性【てきせい】 - aptitude, aptness, suitability 
- 適量【てきりょう】 - proper quantity, suitable amount, proper dose, optimal dose 
- 適宜【てきぎ】 - suitable, appropriate, fitting, proper, appropriately, accordingly, as required, at one's discretion 
- 適する【てきする】 - to fit, to suit 
- 適時【てきじ】 - timely, opportune 
- 適正【てきせい】 - reasonable, suitable 
- 適法【てきほう】 - legal, lawful, legitimate 
- 適格【てきかく】 - eligible, qualified, competent 
- 適合【てきごう】 - conformity, compatibility, adaptability, congruity, congruence 
- 不適当【ふてきとう】 - inadequacy, inappropriateness, unfitness, impropriety 
- 適齢【てきれい】 - suitable age