ガチャガチャ

See also: がちゃがちゃ

Japanese

Adverb

ガチャガチャ or がちゃがちゃ • (gachagacha) 

  1. (onomatopoeia) clank-clank, the sound of hard objects rattling or striking repeatedly

Noun
a male くつわ虫(むし) (kutsuwa mushi) or ガチャガチャ

ガチャガチャ • (gachagacha) 

  1. a vending machine that sells small toys in plastic capsules
    Synonyms: ガシャポン, ガチャポン, カプセルトイ
  2. giant katydid, Mecopoda niponensis, a species of katydid that produces a loud noise
    Synonym: くつわ虫

Verb

ガチャガチャする or がちゃがちゃする • (gachagacha suru) suru, stem ガチャガチャし (gachagacha shi), past ガチャガチャした (gachagacha shita)

  1. produce a clanking or rattling sound

References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  • 2004, Toshio Watanabe, Edmund R. Skrzypczak, and Paul Snowden. Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, Fifth Edition, Tokyo: Kenkyusha.
  • 2005, Yoshiro Kojima, Shigeru Takebayashi, Keisuke Nakao, and Hideo Masuda. Luminous Japanese-English Dictionary, Second Edition, Tokyo: Kenkyusha
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