しっかり

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
確り (literary)
聢り (literary)

Pronunciation

Adjective

しっかり • (shikkari) -na (adnominal しっかりな (shikkari na na), adverbial しっかりに (shikkari ni ni))

  1. tight
  2. reliable

Inflection

Inflection of しっかり
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) しっかりだろ shikkari daro
Continuative (連用形) しっかりで shikkari de
Terminal (終止形) しっかりだ shikkari da
Attributive (連体形) しっかりな shikkari na
Hypothetical (仮定形) しっかりなら shikkari nara
Imperative (命令形) しっかりであれ shikkari de are
Key constructions
Informal negative しっかりではない
しっかりじゃない 		shikkari de wa nai
shikkari ja nai
Informal past しっかりだった shikkari datta
Informal negative past しっかりではなかった
しっかりじゃなかった 		shikkari de wa nakatta
shikkari ja nakatta
Formal しっかりです shikkari desu
Formal negative しっかりではありません
しっかりじゃありません 		shikkari de wa arimasen
shikkari ja arimasen
Formal past しっかりでした shikkari deshita
Formal negative past しっかりではありませんでした
しっかりじゃありませんでした 		shikkari de wa arimasen deshita
shikkari ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive しっかりで shikkari de
Conditional しっかりなら（ば） shikkari nara (ba)
Provisional しっかりだったら shikkari dattara
Volitional しっかりだろう shikkari darō
Adverbial しっかりに shikkari ni
Degree しっかりさ shikkarisa

Adverb

しっかり • (shikkari) 

  1. fast (in a firm or secure manner), tightly
  2. surely, unwaveringly, steadily, reliably

Noun

しっかり • (shikkari) 

  1. stable, fulfilled

Verb

しっかりする • (shikkari suru) suru (stem しっかりし (shikkarisuru shi), past しっかりした (shikkarisuru shita))

  1. be fast, securely in place
  2. be reliable, level-headed
  3. keep going, keep trying
    しっかりして！
    Shikkari shite!
    Cheer up!

Conjugation

Conjugation of "しっかりする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") しっかりし shikkari shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") しっかりし shikkari shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") しっかりする shikkari suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") しっかりする shikkari suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") しっかりすれ shikkari sure
Meireikei ("imperative") しっかりせよ¹
しっかりしろ² 		shikkari seyo¹
shikkari shiro²
Key constructions
Passive しっかりされる shikkari sareru
Causative しっかりさせる
しっかりさす 		shikkari saseru
shikkari sasu
Potential しっかりできる shikkari dekiru
Volitional しっかりしよう shikkari shiyō
Negative しっかりしない shikkari shinai
Negative continuative しっかりせず shikkari sezu
Formal しっかりします shikkari shimasu
Perfective しっかりした shikkari shita
Conjunctive しっかりして shikkari shite
Hypothetical conditional しっかりすれば shikkari sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
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