かちかち

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Readings

Kana: かちかち、こちこち、カチカチ、コチコチ

Romaji: kachikachi, kochikochi, kachikachi, kochikochi

Definitions

adv-to

adv

1

ticktock

Note: onomatopoeic or mimetic word

2

chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; clicking; clacking; clattering

Note: onomatopoeic or mimetic word

adj-no

adj-na

3

dry and hard; (frozen) stiff

Note: onomatopoeic or mimetic word

4

hidebound; die-hard; stubborn; obstinate; bigoted

Note: onomatopoeic or mimetic word

5

scared stiff; tense; nervous; frightened

Note: onomatopoeic or mimetic word

Example Sentences

洗面器(せんめんき)の水(みず)がかちかちに凍(こお)った。

➥The water in the basin has frozen solid.

夜(よる)寝(ね)れない時(とき)に限(かぎ)って、時計(とけい)のカチカチいう音(おと)が気(き)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.

聞(き)こえる音(おと)は時計(とけい)のカチカチという音(おと)だけだった。

➥The only sound to be heard was the ticking of the clock.

「何(なに)してるの？」「家計簿(かけいぼ)をね。うちの家計(かけい)カチカチだから、こういう所(ところ)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."