KIPPA-RI きっぱり
Meanings
The way in which one’s words, actions, and demeanor are decisive and clear.
To have a clear attitude and to decide on something in a strong and certain.
Used when one has a strong will as they state something.
Examples
・I was about to be proposed to by someone I didn’t like,
and I firmly (and emphatically) refused. (give him a flat no/refuse point-blank)
好きでもない人にプロポーズされそうになったので、きっぱり（と）断る。
・I quit drinking, smoking, and gambling once and for all when I got married.
酒もタバコもギャンブルも、結婚を機にきっぱりやめた。
Dogmatic Opinion
The word “Kippari” and “Hakkiri” share the same meaning as “clearly.”
The image of “Kippari” is stronger than “resistance” so that no one can misunderstand it; it is a complete “refusal,” “rejection,” “denial,” “severance,” or “cut off.
There is a strong will to not let anything get close.
Proximate Expression
emphatically
firmly
once and for all
clearly declined
break up for good
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