適応

てきおう · tekiou · JLPT N1 · noun

adaptation

🦎 適 fit + 応 respond = 適応 adapt: respond until you fit the situation

適 means suitable or fit, and 応 means respond or answer. Adapting is responding to new conditions until you fit them, like a chameleon changing colour to match its surroundings.

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