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几帳面 (きちょうめん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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彼かれ は 几き 帳ちょう 面めん な 性せい 格かく で 、 机つくえ の 上うえ は いつも きれい に 整ととの っ て いる 。
He has a methodical personality, and his desk is always neatly organized.
Usage patterns 几き 帳ちょう 面めん な 〈 人ひと 〉 a meticulous/methodical person
He's a meticulous person who always keeps his room neat and organized.
几き 帳ちょう 面めん に 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something meticulously/methodically
She keeps a diary meticulously every day.
几き 帳ちょう 面めん な 性せい 格かく a methodical/meticulous personality
His meticulous personality is valued at work too.
Kanji 几 table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16) 帳 notebook, account book, album Related words· 6 律儀 emphasizes faithfully keeping promises and duties, while 几帳面 focuses on being orderly and precise about details and schedules.
真面目 describes general earnestness and seriousness, whereas 几帳面 specifically highlights meticulous attention to order and detail.
マメ suggests diligent, hard-working attentiveness in daily tasks, while 几帳面 stresses strict orderliness and precision.
神経質 describes an overly nervous, fussy temperament, while 几帳面 is a more neutral or positive term for methodical carefulness.
Show 2 more 几帳面 describes methodical precision and orderliness in doing things, whereas 潔癖 specifically focuses on an intense aversion to dirt or impurity.
几帳面 means methodical and orderly in general habits, while 凝り性 specifically means becoming obsessively absorbed in a particular hobby or task.
Opposites だらしない describes someone sloppy and disorganized, the opposite of the tidy, precise nature of 几帳面.
大雑把 means rough or careless about details, contrasting with the fine, meticulous attention to detail implied by 几帳面.
Written forms 几き 帳ちょう 面めん Usage 91%
Standard kanji spelling; the only written form.
きちょうめん Usage 9%
Etymology Originally referred to a carved wooden post with rounded corners and grooves (the architectural sense). The modern meaning of 'methodical' or 'meticulous' is said to derive from the precise, orderly appearance of such posts, though the exact semantic shift is uncertain.
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几帳面 describes someone meticulous and punctual, the opposite of a person who is ルーズ about time or promises.
