じっと

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

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑit̚to̞]

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 [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.

See also

• じー (jī)