Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 我利我利(がりがり) in Japanese

我利我利
Kana Reading
がりがり, ガリガリ
Romaji
garigari, garigari
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    skin and bones; appearing to be underweight
    Example sentence
    佳子ががりがり勉強している Keiko is studying furiously.
  • Parts of speech
    adverb (fukushi)
    Meaning
    with a grinding, crunching, scratching (sound)
    Example sentence
    この薩摩芋生焼けがりがりする This sweet potato is only half-baked and is still crunchy.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    desperately; recklessly
    Example sentence
    彼女はがりがりに痩せている。 She is all skin and bone.
  • Parts of speech
    nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    crunchy hardness
    Example sentence
    がりがりかじっている The dog is crunching a bone.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    selfishness; selfish person

Examples of 我利我利, がりがり, ガリガリ in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 1

7 strokes

ego, I, selfish, our, oneself

On'Yomi: ガ

Kun'Yomi: われ, わ, わ.が-, わが-

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JLPT 3

7 strokes

profit, advantage, benefit

On'Yomi: リ

Kun'Yomi: き.く

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