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
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 strokesRelated 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.