Sample Sentences with 順応

順応 (junnō: to adapt or conform to)
     to submit to + to respond to (a situation)

若者は変化にたやすく順応する。
Wakamono wa henka ni tayasuku junnō suru.
The young adapt to change easily.

若者 (wakamono: young people)     young + person
変化 (henka: change)     to change + to change into
容易 (tayasu(i): easy; light)     appearance + easy

This is ateji, as 容 doesn’t have the yomi of ta. Its most common yomi is YŌ, as in 内容 (naiyō: contents, inside + contents).

彼は環境に順応した。
Kare wa kankyō ni junnō shita.
He adapted himself to circumstances.

彼 (kare: he)
環境 (kankyō: environment; circumstance)
     to surround + condition

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