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    3. 適材適所

    適材適所

    適てき材ざい適て所きしょ

    the right person in the right place

    KMT9News #28+1NounWork & CareerKanji Vocab43 strokes

    てきざいてきしょ

    Noun

    1.
    the right person in the right place
    yojijukugo

    Stroke 0 / 43

    Speed1.0x

    チームの成せい功こうには適てき材ざい適てき所しょが重じゅう要ようだ。

    The right person in the right place is important for team success.

    KMT7Work & Career
    彼かれは適てき材ざい適てき所しょの人じん材ざ配いは置ちで、プロジェクトを成せい功こうに導みちびいた。

    He led the project to success by placing the right people in the right positions.

    KMT9Work & CareerBusiness & Finance
    会かい社しゃは社しゃ員いんのスキルを考こう慮りょし、適てき材ざい適てき所しょの人じん事じを心こころがけている。

    The company strives for personnel assignments that put the right people in the right places, considering employees' skills.

    KMT9Work & CareerBusiness & Finance
    監かん督とくは選せん手しゅの特とく性せいを見き極わめ、適てき材ざい適てき所しょのポジションに配はい置ちした。

    The coach assessed the players' characteristics and placed them in the right positions.

    KMT9Work & CareerSports & Martial Arts
    組そ織しきの活かっ性せい化かには、個こ々この能のう力りょくを最さ大いだ限いに引ひき出だす適てき材ざい適てき所しょの原げん則そくが不ふ可か欠けつである。

    For organizational revitalization, the principle of placing the right people in the right places, which maximizes individual abilities, is indispensable.

    KMT10Work & CareerBusiness & Finance

    Kanji that make up this word

    適
    かな.う…(1)
    suitable・occasional・rare・qualified・capable
    材
    lumber・log・timber・wood・materials…(2)
    所
    ところ・-ところ・どころ・とこ…(2)
    place・extent
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