単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Onomatopoeia#3,639 most used

ガリガリ

very skinny

HOW IT SOUNDS

Casual

IN A SENTENCE

That man is skinny, but his wife is fat.

from Tatoeba · small_snow

IN OTHER SENTENCES

She was as thin as a rail.

from Tatoeba · bunbuku

MEANINGS

3

very skinny; emaciated; all skin and bones

adjectival noun

TANGOYA ASKS

1

crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; scraping; scratching

adverb · adverb, takes と

2

hard and crunchy

adjectival noun

DETAILS

Kind擬音語, onomatopoeia

Frequency#3,639 most used

Writtenガリガリ only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall

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