🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

適切な行動

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tekisetsu na kōdō

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Appropriate-behaviour/əˈproʊ.pri.ət bɪˈheɪ.vjər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"社会人としての適切な行動が求められます。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Conduct or deportment that is considered right, proper, and suitable for a specific social context, situation, or set of rules.

    "The school handbook clearly outlines expectations for appropriate-behaviour during all extracurricular activities."
  2. 2

    Actions and manners that conform to conventional standards of politeness, morality, and decorum within a community.

    "Maintaining appropriate-behaviour in the workplace is essential for a productive and respectful environment."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The compound derives from 'appropriate', stemming from late Middle English 'appropriat', from Latin 'appropriatus', combined with 'behaviour', originating from the 15th-century English verb 'behave' with the noun suffix '-iour'. Historically, the phrase evolved to denote conduct that is specially fitted or proper to a particular social context, standard, or setting.

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🇫🇷French → English

comportement approprié

Transliteration: /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.mɑ̃ a.pʁɔ.pʁi.e/

"Il est important de maintenir un comportement approprié en public."

🇩🇪German → English

angemessenes Verhalten

Transliteration: /ˈanɡəˌmɛsənəs fɛɐ̯ˈhaʊ̯ltən/

"Von den Schülern wird stets angemessenes Verhalten erwartet."

🇮🇹Italian → English

comportamento appropriato

Transliteration: /kom.por.taˈmen.to a.pro.priˈa.to/

"Il codice richiede un comportamento appropriato durante la riunione."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

comportamiento apropiado

Transliteration: /kom.poɾ.taˈmjen.to a.pɾoˈpja.ðo/

"Se espera un comportamiento apropiado de todos los asistentes."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

comportamento adequado

Transliteration: /kõ.poɾ.taˈmẽ.tu a.deˈkwa.du/

"O comportamento adequado é fundamental para o sucesso profissional."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

उचित व्यवहार

Transliteration: uchit vyavahar

"कक्षा में उचित व्यवहार बनाए रखना बहुत महत्वपूर्ण है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

恰当行为

Transliteration: qiàdàng xíngwéi

"在正式场合中,恰当行为是必须的。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

적절한 행동

Transliteration: jeokjeolhan haengdong

"공공장소에서는 적절한 행동을 해야 합니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

適切な行動

Transliteration: tekisetsu na kōdō

"社会人としての適切な行動が求められます。"

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