しっかり

Japanese

Alternative spellings
確り (literary)
聢り (literary)

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. tight
  2. reliable

Inflection

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 (shikkari suru shi), past しっかりした (shikkari suru 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

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
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