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Chanto (ちゃんと): what it means in anime
ちゃんと
ちゃんと · chanto · diligently; seriously; earnestly JLPT N3
Chanto means "properly", "correctly" or "as you should". ちゃんとしなさい is "behave properly", ちゃんと聞いて is "listen properly", ちゃんと食べた？ is "did you eat properly?".
Where you hear it 4 of 42 series
Lines from the Japanese subtitles of episodes 1–3 of each show. A translation is shown only when it clearly matches the line; counts are subtitle lines containing the word.
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Haikyu!! · 13 lines in episodes 1–3 · this one from episode 2
田中 ブロックフォロー ちゃんと入れTanaka, block and follow properly.
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Toradora! · 8 lines in episodes 1–3 · this one from episode 1
ちゃんと それを見つけられる
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Horimiya · 7 lines in episodes 1–3 · this one from episode 2
も ちゃんと前見て歩いてよね！
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K-On! · 7 lines in episodes 1–3 · this one from episode 2
私にもちゃんと すごく立派な
Usage and nuance
It is a mother's word and a coach's word. Haikyu's coaches tell players to ちゃんと do the basics; Toradora's Taiga is nagged about ちゃんと eating. In romance it appears in ちゃんと言う, "to say it properly", meaning to confess clearly.
ちゃんとした before a noun means "proper, decent": ちゃんとした仕事 is a proper job, ちゃんとした人 a respectable person.
The near-synonym きちんと (kichinto) is a touch more formal and neat. ちゃんと is the spoken default.
Hear ちゃんと in Haikyu!!13 lines in episodes 1–3 · tappable subtitles · free, no account