几帳面

• 読み: きちょうめん
• ローマ字: kichoumen
• 漢字の分解: 几 (ki) — table, desk; 帳 (chō) — curtain, screen; 面 (men) — face, surface
• 発音: /ki.tɕoː.meɴ/

意味

Methodical; meticulous; precise; punctual. Describes someone who is very careful and orderly.

A na-adjective praising someone who pays careful attention to detail, follows rules precisely, and keeps things orderly. Used for personality descriptions (几帳面な人 — a meticulous person), work habits (几帳面に整理する — to organise meticulously), and punctuality. Generally positive, though it can imply inflexibility when used critically.

例文

1. 彼は几帳面な性格で部屋がいつも片付いている。
2. 几帳面に家計簿をつけている妻を尊敬する。
3. あの人は時間にも几帳面で遅刻したことがない。

使い方ガイド

場面: personality description, daily life, workplace, self-introduction

トーン: positive

起源と歴史

From 几帳 (kichō, a partitioning screen used in Heian-era nobility) + 面 (men, surface/face). The 几帳 had meticulously finished edges (几帳面), and the precision of that craftsmanship became a metaphor for a meticulous personality.

文化的背景

時代: Heian period

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal