きちんと

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Japanese

Pronunciation

Adverb

きちんと • (kichinto) 

  1. accurately, neatly

Verb

きちんとする • (kichinto suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem きちんとし (kichinto shi), past きちんとした (kichinto shita))

  1. be neat, precise, regular, orderly

Conjugation

Conjugation of "きちんとする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") きちんとし kichinto shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") きちんとし kichinto shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") きちんとする kichinto suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") きちんとする kichinto suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") きちんとすれ kichinto sure
Meireikei ("imperative") きちんとせよ¹
きちんとしろ² 		kichinto seyo¹
kichinto shiro²
Key constructions
Passive きちんとされる kichinto sareru
Causative きちんとさせる
きちんとさす 		kichinto saseru
kichinto sasu
Potential きちんとできる kichinto dekiru
Volitional きちんとしよう kichinto shiyō
Negative きちんとしない kichinto shinai
Negative continuative きちんとせず kichinto sezu
Formal きちんとします kichinto shimasu
Perfective きちんとした kichinto shita
Conjunctive きちんとして kichinto shite
Hypothetical conditional きちんとすれば kichinto sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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