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Reluctantly, doggedly, in a daze, in fits and starts, exactly, quietly, all of a sudden. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

  adverb
しぶしぶ reluctantly
  adverb
こつこつ steadily, doggedly
  adverb
ぼうっと absent-mindedly, in a daze
  adverb
うんざり fed up, sick of
  adverb
きっちり exactly, tightly
  adverb
ぎっしり tightly packed, densely
  adverb
がっしり solidly built, sturdy
  adverb
どっしり weighty, imposing
  adverb
あっさり easily; plain, light (of taste)
  adverb
きっぱり flatly, once and for all
  adverb
ゆったり relaxed, roomy
  adverb
じっくり thoroughly, taking one's time
  adverb
そっくり exactly alike; entirely
  adverb
ずらり in a long row
  adverb
ぴたり exactly; suddenly stopping
  adverb
ふと suddenly, by chance (of a thought)
  adverb
つくづく deeply, keenly (feeling)
  adverb
しみじみ keenly, with deep feeling
  な-adj
まちまち various, all different
  adverb
めっきり markedly, noticeably
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Sound and manner words — from memory

Cover page 1. Write the Japanese for each meaning (kana is fine), then write what each word in part 2 means. Page 1 is the answer key.

1    Write the Japanese
various, all different
な-adj
reluctantly
adverb
fed up, sick of
adverb
suddenly, by chance (of a thought)
adverb
weighty, imposing
adverb
relaxed, roomy
adverb
exactly alike; entirely
adverb
in a long row
adverb
tightly packed, densely
adverb
exactly; suddenly stopping
adverb
2    What does it mean?
きっぱり
がっしり
あっさり
きっちり
ぼうっと
じっくり
こつこつ
めっきり
つくづく
しみじみ
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