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整然 (せいぜん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

整せい然ぜん

せ

い

ぜ

ん

JLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

orderly; systematic; tidy

Describes a state of being well-arranged, methodical, or neat. Often used as a たる adjective or adverbially with と.

彼かれの机つくえの上うえは整せい然ぜんとしている。
His desk is orderly.
整せい然ぜん

と

し

た

都と

市し

計けい

画かく

が

評ひょう

価か

さ

れ

た

。

The systematic city planning was praised.

Written forms

整せい然ぜんUsage100%
Standard kanji form; the most common spelling.
井せい然ぜんUsage<1%
Rare variant using 井 instead of 整; not commonly encountered.

Kanji

整organize, arranging, tune
然sort of thing, so, if so
井well, well crib, town

Similar words

きちんと
きちんと is a more colloquial adverb for doing things properly or neatly, while 整然 is a literary adjective/adverb emphasizing systematic order.
整ととのう
整う is a verb meaning 'to be in order' or 'to be arranged', whereas 整然 describes the resulting state of orderliness.

Etymology

Compound of 整 (sei, 'arrange, put in order') and 然 (zen, a suffix forming adjectives/adverbs indicating a state). The combination conveys a state of being orderly or systematic.