Vocabulary

What does 臨機応変 (りんきおうへん) mean?

臨機応変 (りんきおうへん) means adapting flexibly to circumstances rather than following rules rigidly (lit. responding to changes as the occasion demands).

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Readingりんきおうへん
りんきおうへん
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adapting flexibly to circumstances rather than following rules rigidly (lit. responding to changes as the occasion demands)

Example sentences

  • At the actual site, things often do not go by the manual, so a flexible response is required.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.