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A pretty clean room with 相当

Kanji Explanation: Mutuality and appearance with 相

Manga panel from たいようのいえ showing example of A pretty clean room with 相当.
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Hiro lets Mao move into his sister’s bedroom, as Hina is living with relatives. After, he comes up with a list of rules that Mao needs to follow if she’s to keep living there.

基(ひろ):
「…さて　片付(かたづ)け…」
“Now then, cleaning...”
「できるのかな　おまえ…」
“I wonder if you can do it.”
「俺(おれ)　陽菜(ひな)の部屋(へや)相当(そうとう)キレイにしてたんだぞ」
“I kept Hina's room pretty clean, you know.”

Key Points

  1. 相当(そうとう) = “quite” as an adverb

    • Here 相当(そうとう) modifies キレイにしてた, so it means Hiro kept the room quite clean.

    • It is not “appropriate” or “equivalent” here; the scene is about degree.

  2. Casual sentence shape: 部屋(へや)(を)相当(そうとう)キレイにしてた

    • The object marker を is omitted in casual speech.

    • That means “I kept Hina’s room pretty clean”, not “Hina’s room became clean”.

  3. 〜てた = casual 〜ていた

    • してた is the spoken contraction of していた.

    • It presents this as an ongoing state in the past: Hiro was keeping the room clean over time.

  4. んだぞ adds insistence

    • んだ gives an explanatory or assertive tone, and ぞ makes it sound rough and emphatic.

    • In context, Hiro is stressing his own track record to question whether Mao can manage the room.

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