How to say "heavily" in Japanese
- 思い切りおもいきりadverbCovers 'heavily' only in the sense of doing something with all one's strength or to the full, as in hitting or throwing with maximum force; it never describes weight or a thick layer.
- 思いっきりおもいっきりadverbThe same word as 思い切り, written with a small っ; the meaning is identical — doing something to the full or with all one's strength — and either spelling suits the same 'heavily' contexts.
- adverb (with と)Covers 'heavily' only for something applied thickly and stickily, like paint laid on too thick; as a mimetic word it evokes a sticky, caked-on surface, often with a disapproving nuance.
Use 「思い切り」 or the identical variant spelling 「思いっきり」 when 'heavily' means with all one's strength or to the full, and 「ベタベタ」 when it means applied thickly and stickily, as with paint.
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- 思い切りおもいきりto one's heart's content
- 思いっきりおもいっきりto one's heart's content
- ずっしりheavily
- こってりthickly
- ずしっとheavily
- どしんplump
- ごてごてthickly
- こてこてthickly
- のそりのそりslowly
- 淋漓りんり(dripping) profusely
- デンとimposingly
- のそのそ(move) slowly (e.g. walk)
- ごろんと(land) with a thump
- ざーざー(raining) heavily
- どたりwith a thud
- べたべたthickly (e.g. painted)
- ぼってりheavily (applied, coated, clad, etc.)
- したたかseverely
- もったりsluggishly
- のたのたslowly (moving)
- ぐいぐい(drinking) heavily
- こんこんheavily (e.g. of snow falling)
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