How to say "accurately" in Japanese
- adverb, suru verbThe everyday choice for 'accurately' meaning done neatly, exactly, and without sloppiness. As a common mimetic adverb, it fits careful, precise handling of everyday tasks — doing work, answering, or arranging things properly.
- expression, adverbA less common word, usually written in kana alone: it matches 'accurately' as 'flawlessly, without making any mistakes' — carrying a task through smoothly with no slips or blunders, rather than with measured precision.
- adverb (with と)A reduplicated mimetic form glossed 'correctly; properly; accurately', but much less common than きちんと and seldom the word learners need; for this sense of 'accurately', きちんと is the one to reach for.
- 正しくただしくadverbIts core senses are 'right' and 'correctly' — acting or judging in accordance with what is correct — so 'accurately' fits only loosely. Choose it when the point is being correct rather than precise or flawless.
Use 「きちんと」 for doing something neatly and exactly, 「そつなく」 for carrying a task through without any mistakes, 「正しく」 when the point is simply being correct, and treat 「きちんきちん」 as a mimetic variant you will seldom need.
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