Onomatopoeia#6,623 most used

ガチガチ

(frozen, worried) stiff

IN A SENTENCE

背中せなかがガチガチなんだ。

My back is stiff.

from Tatoeba · bunbuku

赤木あかぎキャプテンは練習れんしゅう中ちゅうに足あしを捻挫ねんざしたので、試合しあい前まえにテーピングでガチガチに固かためた。

Captain Akagi sprained his ankle during practice, so, before the game, he taped it up until it was stiff as a board.

from Tatoeba · bunbuku

(frozen, worried) stiff

adjectival noun

TANGOYA ASKS

chattering (teeth)

adverb, takes と

rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; overly serious

adjectival noun · takes の

voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause

adverb · takes の

Kind擬音語, onomatopoeia

Frequency#6,623 most used

Writtenガチガチ only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium