Vocab Info

A19 の-adjective, な-adjective, Adverb, と-adverb, する-verb

ちりちりbits and pieces, frizzily (as in perm)

    Dictionary Definition

    1. の-adjective, な-adjective, Adverb, と-adverb, する-verb

      1. 1.

        frizzy (hair), wiry, kinky, curled up (leaves, etc.), shrivelled up

        Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

    2. Adverb, と-adverb

      1. 2.

        sizzling, frizzling

        Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

    3. Adverb, と-adverb, する-verb

      1. 3.

        stingingly (of heat or cold), painfully, piercingly, bitingly

        Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

      2. 4.

        cowering (in fear), shrinking back, being petrified

        Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

    All Forms

    チリチリ、ちりちり

    Details

      • ち

      • り

      • ち

      • り

    Examples

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    • アフロの僕(ぼく)の髪(かみ)はチリチリしている。

      My afro hair is frizzy. {bits and pieces, frizzily (as in perm)}

    • 焚(た)き火(び)の中(なか)で毛糸(けいと)がチリチリと焼(や)けています。

      The wool is burning frizzily in the bonfire. {bits and pieces, frizzily (as in perm)}

    • チリチリの髪(かみ)の毛(け)に丁寧(ていねい)にトリートメントをしました。

      I carefully treated the frizzy hair. {bits and pieces, frizzily (as in perm)}

    • 髪(かみ)の毛(け)がチリチリと焼(や)けているのに、しばらく気(き)が付(つ)かなかった。

      Despite my hair being frizzily burnt, I didn't notice it for a while. {bits and pieces, frizzily (as in perm)}

    • 上司(じょうし)にこれまでにないほど怒鳴(どな)りつけられて、思(おも)わずチリチリしました。

      I was scolded by my boss more than ever before, and I was so taken aback that I felt all frazzled and frizzy. {bits and pieces, frizzily (as in perm)}

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