Verbs that go well with しっかり


Consider the following question which requires you to order four items in a
sentence:

> 市民の _ _ _ _ 目指しています。  
>  1. 街づくりを 2. 願いに 3. こたえる 4. しっかり

At first I answered it as

> 市民の願いにこたえる街づくりを **しっかり目指しています** 。

But it turned out to be

> 市民の願いに **しっかりこたえる** 街づくりを目指しています。

I don't know why しっかり modifies the verb こたえる better than 目指す.




Good afternoon,

Though there are a few meanings to しっかり, I have always though of it to mean
properly~ or firmly doing something. You can't properly have a goal towards
something. But you can properly meet the demands of people. Which is why こたえる
is better in this situation.

In this situation it also helps to know the word こたえる which means "to answer"
but also means "to meet (e.g. expectations; demands)." お願いにこたえる translates to
"To meet demands." こたえる with the に particle behind it is likely to have the
"To meet" meaning instead of "To answer" meaning.

Sorry if my explanation is long and I hope this makes sense.

Good luck.

Edit: I noticed I didn't give any other verbs that go with しっかり as what your
header was asking.

<https://ejje.weblio.jp/sentence/content/%E3%81%97%E3%81%A3%E3%81%8B%E3%82%8A%E3%81%A8>

This is from weblio and has a lot of examples with しっかり. A lot of the meanings
will be the "firm" but I think it will give you a good idea on what verbs you
are likely to see しっかり with.

