じっと
without moving, still
The teacher talked for forty minutes and the boy did not shift once, not a foot, not a hand. Jitt じっ, to と, fixed to the spot: じっと.
One of a family with もっと, ずっと, きっと, やっと and そっと, which share the ending and nothing else at all.
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