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Japanese symbol for “incessantly”

Romaji: shikirini
frequently; repeatedly; often; incessantly

In Japanese, incessantly is , read (shikirini).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. adv frequently; repeatedly; often; incessantly; constantly
  2. adv eagerly; keenly; strongly; intently
  3. adv hard; terribly; extremely; severely

Kanji and stroke order

repeatedly, recur
on: ヒン
kun: しき.りに
17 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “incessantly”

WordReadingMeaning
たえまなく taemanakuincessantly; without a pause
びしょびしょ bishobishoincessantly (raining); drizzling
ワイワイ waiwaiincessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; making a fuss (of something)
ペラペラ peraperaincessantly (speaking); glibly; garrulously
ひきもきらず hikimokirazuincessantly; continuously; continually

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ひんぱん hinpanfrequent; incessant
ひんど hindofrequency (of occurrence)
ひんぱつ hinpatsufrequent occurrence
ひんしゅつ hinshutsufrequent appearance; frequent occurrence
ひんよう hin'youfrequent use

See also: Chinese symbol for “incessantly”.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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