時宜

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 時宜 is a noun read じぎ, meaning the right occasion or timeliness for an action or measure.
• Basic usage: Use 時宜を得る for something that comes at exactly the right time and 時宜にかなう for something suited to the present occasion.
  • 緊急時の連絡方法を見直すという提案は、まさに時宜を得ていた。 says that the proposal to review emergency contact methods was exactly timely; 地域の状況に応じた、時宜にかなう支援策が必要だ。 calls for timely support measures suited to local conditions.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 時宜を得る
  • Combined with を得る, the expression means that a proposal or action fits the time exactly.
• 時宜にかなう
  • Combined with にかなう, it means that a measure suits the present occasion and circumstances.
• 状況に応じた
  • に応じた shows that the support measures must be adapted to differing local conditions.