Illustration: A child crouches beside a damp planter outside a Japanese apartment, eyes fixed closely on a snail beginning to extend its feelers. Their face is near the planter rim, chin supported by both hands, with their pupils directed precisely toward the tiny movement.

じっと

jitto

intently, fixedly

Example sentences

人ひとをじっと見みつめるのは無礼ぶれいである。
It’s impolite to stare at people.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
さあ言いってよ、じっと聞きいているから。
Tell me. I’m all ears.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
親父おやじはじっと私わたしの顔かおを見みた。
Father looked me full in the face.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences

Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store

For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store