Illustration: At a kitchen table in a Japanese home, an adult and child put a cluttered sewing box in order. The adult aligns spools in a row and nests measuring tapes inside a shallow compartment. The child gathers scattered buttons into a divided tray, with scissors already resting safely in a fitted space.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

整せい頓とん

seiton

to tidy up, to put in order

Example sentences

部屋へやを整頓せいとんしなさい。
Put your room in order.
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部屋へやはきれいに整頓せいとんされていた。
The room was in good order.
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彼かれはその書類しょるいを整頓せいとんしようとするのをあきらめた。
He has given up trying to put the papers in order.
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Kanji in 整頓

整organize; arrangingOnセイKunととのえる・ととのう
頓suddenly; immediatelyOnトン・トツKunにわかに・とんと・つまずく

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