適応

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 適応, read てきおう, denotes adjustment to conditions or the state of being suited to them.
• Basic usage: The setting being adapted to is commonly marked with に, as in 生活に適応する or 環境に適応している.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Becoming suited to an environment
  • It covers both a person adjusting to a new life and a plant being suited to dry conditions. The environment to which something adapts is normally made explicit.