How to say "heavily" in Japanese

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  • 思い切りおもいきりCommon
    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.
    彼女かのじょは僕ぼくの右足みぎあしを思い切おもいきり蹴けりつけた。↗
    She gave me a hard kick on my right leg.
  • 思いっきりおもいっきりJLPT N2approx.Common
    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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