motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait)adv.vs.on-mim.kanaじーっと is more emphatic
(be) still
fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare)adv.vs.kana
intently (e.g. listen, think)
patiently (endure)adv.vs.kana
stoically
firmly (e.g. hold)adv.vs.kana
restrained
Real voices: how native speakers say it
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大量の睡眠薬を飲んだ猫のようにじっとする
たいりょうのすいみんやくをのんだねこのようにじっとするLike a cat that's taken a large dose of sleeping pills, just lying still.
親友の悩み事にじっと耳を傾ける
しんゆうのなやみごとにじっとみみをかたむけるI listen intently to my close friend's troubles.
シンプルな形の銀の円盤、ふらつくこともなく、都庁の上にじっと浮んでいた。
しんぷるなかたちのぎんのえんばん、ふらつくこともなく、とちょうのうえにじっとうかんでいた。A simple silver disk, not wavering at all, floating still above the metropolitan government building.