Vocab Info

N1 Adverb, と-adverb, な-adjective

我利我利(がりがり)skin and bones, appearing to be underweight, with a grinding, crunching, scratching (sound), desperately, recklessly, crunchy hardness, selfishness, selfish person

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Adverb, と-adverb

      1. 1.

        crunching, chewing or crushing something hard, scraping, scratching

        Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

    2. な-adjective

      1. 2.

        hard and crunchy

        Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

      2. 3.

        very skinny, emaciated, all skin and bones

        Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

    All Forms

    がりがり、ガリガリ

    Details

      • が

      • り

      • が

      • り

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    Examples

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    • ネズミが壁(かべ)をガリガリとかじっています。

      The mouse is gnawing at the wall with a crunching sound.

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    • がりがり勉強(べんきょう)をすれば、受験(じゅけん)に合格(ごうかく)するだろう。

      If you grind away at studying, you will probably pass the exam.

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    • 祖母(そぼ)のガリガリに痩(や)せた体(からだ)を見(み)るのはとても辛(つら)かったです。

      It was very hard to see my grandmother's build, which had become skin and bones.

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    • 出産(しゅっさん)をひかえた妻(つま)は以前(いぜん)にもまして氷(こおり)をがりがりとかじるようになった。

      My wife, who is about to give birth, has started gnawing on ice with a crunching sound more than ever before.

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    • 操縦(そうじゅう)中(ちゅう)にベラベラ喋(しゃべ)っていたせいで船(ふね)が我利我利(がりがり)と音(おと)を立(た)てて岩(いわ)に乗(の)り上(あ)げた。

      Due to my incessant chatter while steering, the ship ran aground on the rocks, making a crunching sound.

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