はっきり
はっきり · hakkiri · JLPT N4 · adverb
clearly
🔍 Sounds like ha-KEY-ri: the KEY point, stated clearly
The doubled k makes a sharp stop mid-word, as crisp as the meaning itself. Like many Japanese manner adverbs ending in -ri (yukkuri, shikkari), it describes how something is done: hakkiri iu = to say it clearly, with no vagueness.