カチカチ
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Meanings

  • adverb taking the 'to' particle, adverb (fukushi), onomatopoeic or mimetic
    1. ticktock
  • 2. chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; clicking; clacking; clattering
  • nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no', adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), onomatopoeic or mimetic
    3. dry and hard; (frozen) stiff
  • 4. hidebound; die-hard; stubborn; obstinate; bigoted
  • 5. scared stiff; tense; nervous; frightened

Readings

カチカチ
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カチコチ
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カッチカチ
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コチコチ
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かちかち
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こちこち
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