N31617/1669

じっと

rarely used kanji formonomatopoeic or mimetic wordusually written using kana aloneadverbnoun or participle taking the aux. verb するverb (generic)noun (generic)

Meanings

  • motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait), (be) still
  • fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare), intently (e.g. listen, think)
  • patiently (endure), stoically
  • firmly (e.g. hold), restrained

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Example sentences

猫ねこがじっとしている。

The cat is sitting still.

彼女かのじょは窓まどの外そとをじっと見みていた。

She was staring fixedly out the window.

痛いたみをじっと我慢がまんするのはよくない。

It is not good to endure pain stoically.

先生せんせいの話はなしをじっと聞きいていた学生がくせいは全員ぜんいん試験しけんに合格ごうかくした。

All the students who listened intently to the teacher's talk passed the exam.

彼かれはその知しらせを聞きいてもじっとしていて、何なにも言いわなかった。

Even upon hearing the news, he remained perfectly still and said nothing.

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床ゆか

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

実み

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

節ふし

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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床ゆか

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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実み

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

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節ふし

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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文ぶん

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

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値ね

price, cost; value, worth, merit

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象ぞう

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

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