"がちがち" meaning in Japanese

See がちがち in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

adnominal

Forms: がちがち [canonical], ガチガチ [canonical], gachigachi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adnominal|ガチガチ}} がちがち or ガチガチ • (gachigachi)
  1. hard, stiff, rigid
    Sense id: en-がちがち-ja-adnominal-9QO0kI95
  2. inflexible, stubborn, rigid
    Sense id: en-がちがち-ja-adnominal-pHrEq6CB Categories (other): Japanese adnominals Disambiguation of Japanese adnominals: 0 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ガチ (gachi), ガチンコ (gachinko)

Adverb

Forms: がちがち [canonical], ガチガチ [canonical], gachigachi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|ガチガチ}} がちがち or ガチガチ • (gachigachi)
  1. (onomatopoeia) clattering, chattering (as of teeth) Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-がちがち-ja-adv-tFYu7GWB Categories (other): Japanese onomatopoeias, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese adnominals, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese onomatopoeias, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese adnominals: 0 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 30 70 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 31 69 Disambiguation of Japanese onomatopoeias: 0 3 97 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 26 16 58 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 10 90
     
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          "english": "Her teeth are chattering.",
          "roman": "Ha ga gachigachi natte-iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "歯",
              "は"
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            [
              "鳴",
              "な"
            ]
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          "english": "He is stiff from tension.",
          "roman": "Gachigachi ni kinchō shite-iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "緊",
              "きん"
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            [
              "張",
              "ちょう"
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          "english": "a rigidly hierarchical society",
          "roman": "gachigachi no tate shakai",
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            [
              "社",
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              "歯",
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          "english": "He is stiff from tension.",
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Download raw JSONL data for がちがち meaning in Japanese (3.3kB)

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