How to say "arrangement" in Japanese

• 予定よていJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'arrangement' as something you have planned or scheduled — an appointment or engagement for a particular day. Use it when asking about or talking over someone's plans.
  ご搭乗とうじょうは６時じ４０分ふんになる予定よていです。↗

  Boarding will be at six-forty.
• 配置はいちJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers the arrangement of people or things in space — how resources are placed, deployed, or stationed. Think of positioning staff or equipment rather than of plans or promises.
  軍隊ぐんたいは戦闘せんとうの配置はいちで整列せいれつしていた。↗

  The troops were in battle array.
• 仕組みしくみJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounIts 'arrangement' means the way a system or device is put together — its structure or mechanism. This is seldom the word for everyday arrangements; it is really about how something works.
  経済学けいざいがくは経済けいざいの仕組しくみを研究けんきゅうする学問がくもんである。↗

  Economics is the study of economic mechanisms.
• 約束やくそくJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'arrangement' as an engagement two people have agreed on — a promised meeting. Its core sense is a promise or agreement, so it fits arrangements that rest on one's word.
  自分じぶんが約束やくそくしたことはちゃんと実行じっこうするように最善さいぜんを尽つくすべきだ。↗

  You should do your best to carry out your promises.
• 整理せいりJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'arrangement' as the act of putting things in order — sorting and organizing papers, files, or belongings. Use it when 'arrangement' means tidying or organizing.
  部屋へやの整理せいりをしたほうがいいよ。↗

  You should set your room in order.

Choose by what is being arranged: 予定 for scheduled plans, 配置 for physical placement, 「仕組み」 for how a system is put together, 約束 for an agreed engagement, and 整理 for putting things in order.

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• 予定よていplans
• 配置はいちarrangement (of resources)
• 仕組みしくみstructure
• 約束やくそくpromise
• 整理せいりsorting
• アレンジarrangement (of music)
• 協定きょうていarrangement
• 手配てはいarrangement
• 配合はいごうcombination
• 飾り付けかざりつけdecoration
• 決めきめagreement
• 計らいはからいarrangement
• 編曲へんきょくarrangement
• 取り計らいとりはからいarrangement
• 設営せつえいsetting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.)
• 定めさだめlaw
• 掟おきてlaw
• アレンジメントarrangement
• 配架はいかarrangement (of books in a library)
• 並べ方ならべかたarrangement
• 布置ふちarrangement
• 整置せいちarrangement
• 揃えそろえalignment
• 整えととのえpreparation
• 宛いあてがいallotment
• お約束おやくそくpromise
• 取り纏めとりまとめcollecting
• 演出えんしゅつorganization (of an event)
• 寸法すんぽうplan
• 配列はいれつsequence (e.g. DNA sequence)
• 成立せいりつconclusion (e.g. of a deal)
• 決まりきまりsettlement
• 取り回しとりまわしarrangement (of pipes, wires, etc.)
• あしらいarrangement
• 布局ふきょくarrangement (of shogi pieces on the board)
• パラフレーズ(musical) arrangement
• 塩梅あんばいarrangement