調整

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 調整 is read ちょうせい and means bringing conditions or settings into a suitable arrangement.
• Basic usage: It is used for coordinating meeting schedules or changing a chair's height.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Object and means
  • In 椅子の高さを調整する, を marks what is adjusted.
  • In レバーで調整する, で marks the means of adjustment.
• Possibility and completion
  • 調整できます means that adjustment is possible. It does not state that the adjustment has already been completed.