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つくづく

deeply; keenly; thoroughly

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Examples

  1. つくづく嫌になった。

    つくづくいやになった。

    I got thoroughly fed up.

  2. 自分の無力さをつくづく感じた。

    じぶんのむりょくさをつくづくかんじた。

    I felt my own helplessness keenly.

  3. 健康は大切だとつくづく思う。

    けんこうはたいせつだとつくづくおもう。

    It really does come home to me that health matters.

  4. 古い写真をつくづく眺めて、昔を懐かしんだ。

    ふるいしゃしんをつくづくながめて、むかしをなつかしんだ。

    I gazed long and hard at the old photos, missing those days.

Common patterns

つくづく思う
to feel it deeply
つくづく感じる
to realize keenly
つくづく嫌になる
to become thoroughly sick of something

Memory tip

Use it for realizing or feeling something deeply after turning it over in your mind, so it pairs with 思う, 感じる and 嫌になる rather than with physical actions. Unlike しみじみ it often leads to a weary or rueful conclusion.

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