Vocab Info
A1 Adverb, と-adverb, な-adjective, する-verb, の-adjective
バリバリtearing, ripping, scratching, crunching, munching, stiff, starchy, crisp, (working) hard, actively, vigorously, energetically, making loud noises in succession (firing bullets, vehicle revving up, etc.), crackling (electricity)
Dictionary Definition
Common
Adverb, と-adverb
1.
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.), roughly, with a rip
Onomatopoeic or mimetic word2.
(eating) with a crunch
Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
な-adjective, Adverb, と-adverb, する-verb
3.
stiff, starchy, crisp
Onomatopoeic or mimetic word, usu. adverbially as 〜に
Adverb, と-adverb, の-adjective, な-adjective
4.
(working) hard, energetically, vigorously, furiously
Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
Adverb, と-adverb
5.
with a series of loud, repeated sounds (e.g. firing a machine gun, revving an engine), with a lot of (continuous) noise
Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
All Forms
バリバリ、ばりばり
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猫が爪研ぎ器でばりばり爪を研いでいます。
The cat is scratching its claws on the scratching post.
お父さんがたくあんをばりばりと噛んでいます。
My dad is munching on pickled radish.
ばりばりと仕事をしているお母さんはかっこいいです。
The mother who is working hard is cool.
氷点下の外で濡れたタオルを振り回したらばりばりに凍った。
When I waved a wet towel outside in below freezing temperatures, it froze stiff.
三十代の男性でばりばりの現役として働いていない人はいません。
There are no men in their thirties who aren't working hard.
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