Meaning of かちかち in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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かちかち, こちこち, カチカチ, コチコチ
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Romajikachikachi, kochikochi, kachikachi, kochikochi
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adverb taking the `to` particle, adverb (fukushi)
- Meaning
- ticktock
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking
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- Parts of speech
- nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`, adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
- Meaning
- dry and hard; (frozen) stiff
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- hidebound; die-hard; stubborn; obstinate; bigoted
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- scared stiff; tense; nervous; frightened
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Example Sentences
かちかち, こちこち, カチカチ, コチコチ used in context
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「何してるの？」「家計簿をね。うちの家計カチカチだから、こういう所からちゃんとしないと」
What're you doing? "The household books. Our finances are pretty tight so we have to do things properly."
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夜寝れない時に限って、時計のカチカチいう音が気になるものだ。
It's only when I can't sleep at night that the ticking of the clock becomes loud enough to bother me.
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The only sound to be heard was the ticking of the clock.
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He's just a diehard company man.
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The water in the basin has frozen solid.
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