相手次第 – vocab dash

相あい手て次し第だい

Meanings

Noun

Na-adjective

1. changing one's attitude or response according to who one is talking to or dealing with

Kanji used

相towards each other 手hand 次next 第ordinal number

Pitch accent

あいてしだい

Composed of

相あい手て

companion; partner; company; other party; addressee; counterparty; opponent (sports, etc.)

Noun

次し第だい

depending on; as soon as; immediately after; upon; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program; programme; precedence; …

Suffix

Examples1

相あい手て次し第だいで我われ々われの態たい度どを決きめる。

We determine our attitude on the basis of the other party.