整せい然ぜん

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JLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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

Related words

きちんとN4
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.
整ととのうN2
整う is a verb meaning 'to become arranged/in order', while 整然 is an adjective describing the resulting orderly state itself.
規き則そく正ただしいN2
規則正しい stresses regularity or following a set pattern (e.g. a regular schedule), while 整然 stresses visual or logical orderliness of arrangement.
整ととのった
整った describes something already in a tidy, well-arranged state, while 整然 is a more formal word for systematic orderliness, often used as 整然とした.
ニート
整然 is a formal Sino-Japanese word for 'orderly/systematic' used mainly in writing, whereas ニート is a casual, modern loanword.

Opposites

雑ざつ然ぜん
整然 describes things arranged in neat, systematic order, while 雑然 describes things scattered in disorder.
乱らん雑ざつN1
整然 means neatly ordered, whereas 乱雑 means messy and cluttered, often used for a disorganized room or desk.
めちゃめちゃN1
整然 describes things being neatly and logically ordered, the direct opposite of めちゃめちゃ's sense of disorder and ruin.
ごちゃごちゃN3
整然 describes things being neatly ordered and systematic, the opposite of the clutter and disorder that ごちゃごちゃ describes.

Don't confuse with

騒そう然ぜん
整然 and 騒然 both end in -然 and look similar, but 整然 means calmly orderly while 騒然 means noisy and turbulent.
漠ばく然ぜんN1
整然 and 漠然 share the -然 ending, but 整然 means clearly ordered while 漠然 means vague and unclear.
秩ちつ序じょN1
整然 is an adjective/adverb describing something as neatly or systematically arranged, whereas 秩序 is the noun for the abstract state of order itself.