Moto 臨機応変 (りんきおうへん)adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
- adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approachnoun (common) (futsuumeishi), adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Kanji in 臨機応変
- 臨Look To; Face; MeetRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N1
- 機Loom; Mechanism; MachineRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N3
- 応Apply; Answer; YesRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N1
- 変Unusual; Change; StrangeRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N3
Words that share its kanji
- 臨時りんじtemporary; provisional
- 臨床りんしょうclinical (e.g. pathology, physiology)
- 臨海りんかいcoastal; seaside
- 君臨くんりんreigning; controlling
- 臨界りんかいboundary
- 臨場感りんじょうかん(sense of) presence; realism
- 臨むのぞむto look out on; to overlook
- 臨床医りんしょういclinician
- 危機ききcrisis; critical situation
- 機構きこうmechanism; organization
- 機能きのうfunction; facility
- 機関きかんengine
- 機会きかいchance; opportunity
- 機器ききdevice; equipment
- 機械きかいmachine; mechanism
- 航空機こうくうきaircraft
- 対応たいおうcorrespondence (to); equivalence
- 反応はんのうreaction; response
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