"臨機応変" meaning in Japanese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "臨機応変",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "臨",
          "りん"
        ],
        [
          "機",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "応",
          "おう"
        ],
        [
          "変",
          "へん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rinkiōhen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "臨機應變",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "りんきおうへん"
      },
      "expansion": "臨(りん)機(き)応(おう)変(へん) • (rinkiōhen)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 4 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese yojijukugo",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a manner that shows flexibility in response to what the situation demands; to play it by ear, to see which way the wind blows"
      ],
      "id": "en-臨機応変-ja-noun-1l9-iUr3",
      "links": [
        [
          "play it by ear",
          "play it by ear"
        ],
        [
          "way the wind blows",
          "way the wind blows"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "りんきおーへん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɾʲĩŋʲkʲi o̞ːhẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "臨機応変"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "臨機応変",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "臨",
          "りん"
        ],
        [
          "機",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "応",
          "おう"
        ],
        [
          "変",
          "へん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rinkiōhen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "臨機應變",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "りんきおうへん"
      },
      "expansion": "臨(りん)機(き)応(おう)変(へん) • (rinkiōhen)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 変 read as へん",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 応 read as おう",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 機 read as き",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 臨 read as りん",
        "Japanese terms with 4 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese yojijukugo",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a manner that shows flexibility in response to what the situation demands; to play it by ear, to see which way the wind blows"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "play it by ear",
          "play it by ear"
        ],
        [
          "way the wind blows",
          "way the wind blows"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "りんきおーへん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɾʲĩŋʲkʲi o̞ːhẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "臨機応変"
}