JLPT N1 · な-adjective

几帳面 (kichoumen)

几帳面 (きちょうめん, kichoumen) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “methodical; precise”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: きちょうめん
Romaji: kichoumen
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

methodical; precise; meticulous; scrupulous; regular · な-adjective
wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it · noun

Example sentences

お金の事では彼女は几帳面です。

She is exact in money matters.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 几帳面

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	几帳面だ	きちょうめんだ kichoumenda
Present (polite)	几帳面です	きちょうめんです kichoumendesu
Negative	几帳面じゃない	きちょうめんじゃない kichoumenjanai
Past	几帳面だった	きちょうめんだった kichoumendatta
Negative past	几帳面じゃなかった	きちょうめんじゃなかった kichoumenjanakatta
Te-form	几帳面で	きちょうめんで kichoumende
Before a noun	几帳面な	きちょうめんな kichoumenna
Adverb (~ni)	几帳面に	きちょうめんに kichoumenni

Kanji in 几帳面

几

table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)キ・きにょう · 2 strokes

帳

notebook, account book, albumチョウ・とばり · 11 strokes

面

mask, face, featuresメン・ベン・おも・おもて · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 几帳面.

通帳つうちょうpassbook手帳てちょうnotebook帳ちょうbook面白いおもしろいinteresting真面目まじめserious面めんface面接めんせつinterview (e.g. for a job)面倒めんどうtrouble場面ばめんscene表面ひょうめんsurface地面じめんground正面しょうめんfront水面すいめんwater's surface洗面せんめんwashing one's face

Source: JMdict entry 1564360 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.