きっちり

See also: ぎっちり

Japanese

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) きっち​り [kìtchíꜜrì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [kʲi̥t̚t͡ɕiɾʲi]

Adverb

きっちり • (kitchiri) 

  1. on the dot, punctually
  2. exactly, neatly, closely, plumb
    きっちり千(せん)円(えん)しかない
    kitchiri sen-en shika nai
    nothing but exactly a thousand yen

Verb

きっちりする • (kitchiri suru) suru (stem きっちりし (kitchiri suru shi), past きっちりした (kitchiri suru shita))

  1. be exact, tight, close

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
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