I Love Kanjiしっかり (shikkari)
しっかり is a Japanese adverb meaning “tightly (holding on); firmly”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- しっかり
- Romaji
- shikkari
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- tightly (holding on); firmly; securely · adverb, adverb (taking と), suru verb · usually written in kana, onomatopoeia / mimetic
- strongly (built); solidly; sturdily; steadily · adverb, adverb (taking と), suru verb · usually written in kana, onomatopoeia / mimetic
- properly; well; sufficiently; hard (working, etc.); fully · adverb, adverb (taking と), suru verb · usually written in kana, onomatopoeia / mimetic
- reliably; dependably; levelheadedly; shrewdly; wisely · adverb, adverb (taking と), suru verb · usually written in kana, onomatopoeia / mimetic
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of しっかり
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | しっかりする | しっかりする shikkarisuru |
| Polite (~masu) | しっかりします | しっかりします shikkarishimasu |
| Negative | しっかりしない | しっかりしない shikkarishinai |
| Polite negative | しっかりしません | しっかりしません shikkarishimasen |
| Past | しっかりした | しっかりした shikkarishita |
| Polite past | しっかりしました | しっかりしました shikkarishimashita |
| Negative past | しっかりしなかった | しっかりしなかった shikkarishinakatta |
| Te-form | しっかりして | しっかりして shikkarishite |
| Potential | しっかりできる | しっかりできる shikkaridekiru |
| Passive | しっかりされる | しっかりされる shikkarisareru |
| Causative | しっかりさせる | しっかりさせる shikkarisaseru |
| Volitional | しっかりしよう | しっかりしよう shikkarishiyou |
| Imperative | しっかりしろ | しっかりしろ shikkarishiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | しっかりすれば | しっかりすれば shikkarisureba |
Source: JMdict entry 1594400 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.