じっと

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
ジッと
熟と
凝と
凝乎と (rare)
凝然と (rare)
不動と (very rare)
静止 (very rare)

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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じっと or ジッと (jitto

  1. 熟と: (stare) hard, (look) intently
    Synonym: まじまじ
  2. 凝と: patiently
  3. 凝と, 凝乎と, 凝然と, 不動と, 静止: motionlessly
    • 1909, 夏目漱石, 私の経過した学生時代:
      (わたし)(せい)(そく)(かた)()してから、(しばら)く、(やく)(いち)(ねん)(ばか)りも(こう)(じまち)()(しょう)(がく)(しゃ)(かよ)って、(かん)(がく)(ばか)(せん)(もん)(なら)っていたが、(えい)()(ひつ)(よう)——(えい)()(おさ)めなければ静止(じっと)していられぬという必要(ひつよう)が、()(いち)(にち)(せま)って()た。
      Watashi wa seisoku no kata o yoshite kara, shibaraku, yaku ichinen bakari mo kōjimachi no nishō gakusha ni kayotte, kangaku bakari senmon ni naratteita ga, Eigo no hitsuyō——Eigo o osamenakereba jitto shiteirarenu to iu hitsuyō ga, hi-ichinichi to sematte kita.
      After I ceased regular [lessons], I temporarily attended Nishōgakusha University in Kōjimachi for about a year. Although I was specialising in Sinology only, the necessity of English——that necessity which made me unable to stay still if I did not master English, came pressing in on me day by day.

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