1.
exactly; precisely; perfectly
Describes something fitting, matching, or hitting a target with perfect accuracy.
2.
suddenly stopping; coming to a complete halt
Describes something ceasing abruptly and completely, such as rain stopping or a noise ending.
An expressive onomatopoeic adverb that conveys precision or abrupt cessation. Almost always followed by the particle と.
Common collocations
- ぴたりと合う: to fit/match exactly
- ぴたりと当たる: to be spot on, to hit the mark
- ぴたりと止まる: to stop dead
- ぴたりと止む: to cease abruptly
- ぴたりと閉める: to shut tightly
Related words
- ぴったり: the more common colloquial form with the same meanings; used more frequently in everyday speech
- ぴたっと: a slightly more casual variant
- ぴたり is somewhat more literary or dramatic than ぴったり
Usage
The と particle is almost always present: ぴたりと. Using ぴたり without と is possible but sounds more literary or poetic.