ガチガチ, がちがち
Adverb taking the 'to' particle, Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
1. chattering (teeth)
NA-adjective
2. (frozen, worried) stiff
May take 'no'
3. rigid (personality, thinking, etc.), inflexible, overly serious
Adverb
4. voracious (e.g. work, study), without slack or pause
ガシガシ, がしがし
Adverb, Adverb taking the 'to' particle, Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
boisterously, roughly, briskly
母はため息をつきながら、高校一年生にもなった息子の頭をがしがしと撫でた。
がしかし
Expression, Conjunction, See しかし
however, but
がじがじ, ガジガジ
Adverb, Adverb taking the 'to' particle, Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
1. biting, gnawing
2. in constant pain, irritated
カチカチ, コチコチ, カチコチ
Adverb taking the 'to' particle, Adverb, Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
1. ticktock
2. chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock), knocking, clicking, clacking, clattering
May take 'no', NA-adjective
3. dry and hard, (frozen) stiff
4. hidebound, die-hard, stubborn, obstinate, bigoted
5. scared stiff, tense, nervous, frightened
かちかち山, かちかちやま
work of art, literature, music
Kachi-Kachi Mountain (folktale), The Farmer and the Badger
がちんがちん, ガチンガチン
Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
tick-tock, chipping (sound)
カチンコチン, カチンカチン, かちんこちん, かちんかちん
NA-adjective
1. rock hard, stiff and unyielding (personality)
2. clangor