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カチカチ

Readings

カチカチコチコチカチコチかちかちこちこちかちこちカッチカチ

Meanings

  1. 1.
    adv-to, advticktock
  2. 2.
    adv-to, advchinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; clicking; clacking; clattering
  3. 3.
    adj-no, adj-nadry and hard; (frozen) stiff
  4. 4.
    adj-no, adj-nahidebound; die-hard; stubborn; obstinate; bigoted
  5. 5.
    adj-no, adj-nascared stiff; tense; nervous; frightened

Example sentences

洗面器の水がかちかちに凍った。

The water in the basin has frozen solid.

彼はコチコチの会社人間だから。

He's just a diehard company man.

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カチカチカチカチ

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

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