じっと

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Japanese

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

Adverb

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:
      私(わたし)は正(せい)則(そく)の方(かた)を廃(よ)してから、暫(しばら)く、約(やく)一(いち)年(ねん)許(ばか)りも麹(こう)町(じまち)の二(に)松(しょう)学(がく)舎(しゃ)に通(かよ)って、漢(かん)学(がく)許(ばか)り専(せん)門(もん)に習(なら)っていたが、英(えい)語(ご)の必(ひつ)要(よう)——英(えい)語(ご)を修(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、日(ひ)一(いち)日(にち)と迫(せま)って来(き)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 , 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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