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じっと

usually kana

Readings

じっとじーっとじーとじいっと

Meanings

  1. 1.
    adv, vsmotionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still
  2. 2.
    adv, vsfixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think)
  3. 3.
    adv, vspatiently (endure); stoically
  4. 4.
    adv, vsfirmly (e.g. hold); restrained

Example sentences

こうした熊独特の特徴が、熊が動かずに狩猟すること（アザラシの呼吸孔の脇でじっと動かず、アザラシが海面に上がってくるのを待つ）を好む説明になっている。

These special characteristics explain its preference for still-hunting (lying motionless beside a seal's breathing hole, waiting for one to surface).

人をじっと見つめるのは無礼である。

It's impolite to stare at people.

さあ言ってよ、じっと聞いているから。

Tell me. I'm all ears.

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じっとじっと

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

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