JLPT N3 · Mimetic words: how things are done

じっくり

carefully; thoroughly

Stroke order of じっくり

4 characters, 7 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

じ · 3 strokesっ · 1 strokesく · 1 strokes り · 2 strokes

Memory trick

JIKKURI — 'Jick curry' simmered slowly and thoroughly.

Parts: Adverb; take time.

The characters in じっくり

じじ — ji (3 strokes)
くく — ku (1 strokes)
りり — ri (2 strokes)

Example sentence

じっくり考えてから決める。

じっくりかんがえてからきめる。

I'll decide after thinking it through carefully.

More words: Mimetic words: how things are done

ゆったりloose; comfortable こっそりsecretly; on the sly ぎりぎりjust barely; at the last minute ぎっしりtightly packed たっぷりplenty; generously きちんとproperly; neatly さっさとquickly; promptly てきぱきbriskly; efficiently ぐずぐずdawdling だらだらsluggishly; dragging on ごちゃごちゃmessy; cluttered すらすらsmoothly; fluently

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