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State & Condition

じっと

jitto

Staying perfectly still / staring fixedly

Remaining completely motionless, or gazing at something without moving your eyes away. Implies patience or intense focus.

💡Waiting for a fish to bite — 'I sat jitto watching the line.'

Example

じっと目を見つめて話を聞いた。

I listened jitto, staring into their eyes.

Quiz yourself

I listened ___, staring into their eyes.

○○目を見つめて話を聞いた。

stillmotionlessstaringfixedpatient
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