きりきり

See also: ぎりぎり

Japanese

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) りきり [kíꜜrìkìrì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲiɾʲikʲiɾʲi]

Adverb

きりきり (kirikiri) 

  1. chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth)​
  2. binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow)
    (なわ)きりきり()きつける
    nawa o kirikiri makitsukeru
    wrap the rope tightly
  3. rotating quickly
    こまきりきり(まわ)
    koma ga kirikiri mawaru
    the spinning top is rotating quickly
  4. hurting sharply​
    ()きりきり(いた)
    i ga kirikiri itamu
    stomach hurts sharply
  5. briskly; quickly; promptly; at once; right away
    きりきり()(まわ)
    kirikiri tachimawaru
    to walk around quickly

Verb

きりきりする (kirikiri suru) suru (stem きりきりし (kirikiri shi), past きりきりした (kirikiri shita))

  1. Same as above.

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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