How to say "fixation" in Japanese

• 凝視ぎょうしCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers fixation in the literal sense of fixing one's eyes on something — an intense, unwavering stare or gaze. Typical when describing someone staring fixedly at a person, object, or scene.
  彼女かのじょは大勢おおぜいの少年しょうねんたちに凝視ぎょうしされているのを意識いしきしていたと思おもう。↗

  I think she was conscious of being stared at by many boys.
• 執着しゅうちゃくJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers the psychological sense of fixation: an obsessive attachment or insistence on something one cannot let go of. If you mean a mental fixation rather than staring, this is usually the word you want.
  彼かれは弁護士べんごしになれるという希望きぼうに執着しゅうちゃくしていた。↗

  He clung to the hope that he could be a lawyer.

For 'fixation' as a prolonged stare, use 凝視; for the psychological sense of being unable to stop thinking about something, use 執着.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 凝視ぎょうしstare
• 執着しゅうちゃくattachment
• こだわりobsession
• 不揮発性化ふきはつせいかfixation
• 固着こちゃくadherence
• 定着化ていちゃくかestablishment (of a custom, system, etc.)
• 固定こていfixation (histology)
• 定着ていちゃくfixation