N21310/1725

そっと

onomatopoeic or mimetic wordadverbnoun or participle taking the aux. verb するverb (generic)noun (generic)

Meanings

softly, gently, quietly, lightly
stealthily, secretly, in secret
to leave alone, to leave as it is

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょは眠ねむっている赤あかちゃんの頭あたまをそっと撫なでた。

She gently stroked the sleeping baby's head.

彼かれはドアをそっと閉しめて、部屋へやを出でた。

He quietly closed the door and left the room.

そっとしておいてください。今いまは一人ひとりになりたいんです。

Please leave me alone. I want to be by myself right now.

彼女かのじょは誰だれにも気きづかれないように、そっと会場かいじょうを後あとにした。

She quietly left the venue so that no one would notice.

傷きずついた鳥とりをそっと手てのひらに乗のせ、巣すに戻もどしてやった。

I gently placed the injured bird in my palm and returned it to its nest.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)