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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

きちんとする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Used for doing something as one should: correctly, responsibly, on schedule, or without cutting corners.

Describes things being arranged, maintained, dressed, or handled in an orderly state.

〈場ば所しょ〉をきちんと片かた付づけるto tidy up (a place) properly
帰かえる前まえに部屋へやをきちんと片かた付づけた。
I tidied up the room properly before leaving.
〈事こと〉をきちんとするto do (something) properly and responsibly
仕し事ごとはきちんとするようにしています。
I make sure to do my work properly.
きちんと〈動どう詞し〉to do (an action) neatly or correctly
彼かれはいつもきちんと挨あい拶さつする。
He always greets people properly.
きちんとした〈物もの〉a neat, proper (thing/appearance)
面めん接せつにはきちんとした服ふく装そうで行いくべきだ。
You should wear neat, proper clothes to an interview.

ちゃんとN4sense 1
きちんと and ちゃんと both mean 'properly,' but ちゃんと is more casual and conversational while きちんと sounds slightly more formal or careful.
しっかりN4sense 1
しっかり emphasizes firmness or thoroughness (holding tight, studying hard), while きちんと emphasizes correctness and order in how something is done.
きっちりN1sense 2
きっちり stresses exactness or a precise fit (like measurements or schedules), whereas きちんと is broader, covering neatness and proper conduct in general.
整せい然ぜんN1
きちんと is a common, everyday adverb for doing or arranging things neatly and properly, while 整然 is a more literary word emphasizing systematic, logical order.

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きちっとN1
きちんと is the more common, slightly softer word for doing something properly, while きちっと has a crisper, more emphatic feel but is otherwise interchangeable.
ニート
きちんと is a native Japanese adverb meaning 'properly/neatly', while ニート is a katakana loanword adjective describing a tidy, uncluttered state.
よろしくN4
きちんと stresses doing something neatly and precisely, while よろしく in this sense is vaguer, just meaning 'appropriately'.
清せい楚そ
きちんと is an adverb meaning properly or neatly in a general sense, whereas 清楚 is an adjectival noun specifically describing a clean, modestly elegant look.

だらしないN3sense 2
だらしない describes being sloppy or unkempt, the opposite of doing or keeping things きちんと.
ぐちゃぐちゃN2
きちんと means neatly and in order, the opposite of ぐちゃぐちゃ's sense of messy disarray.

Onomatopoeic or mimetic origin; the exact derivation is uncertain.