Vocab Info

A19 No-adjective, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Adverb, Adverb taking the 'to' Particle, Suru verb

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

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    1. No-adjective, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Adverb, Adverb taking the 'to' Particle, Suru verb

      1.

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

      Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

    2. Adverb, Adverb taking the 'to' Particle

      2.

      sizzling, frizzling

      Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

    3. Adverb, Adverb taking the 'to' Particle, Suru verb

      3.

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

      Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

    4. Adverb, Adverb taking the 'to' Particle, Suru verb

      4.

      cowering (in fear), shrinking back, being petrified

      Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

    All Forms

    チリチリ、ちりちり

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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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