がちがち
Meanings
Adverb taking と
1. chattering (teeth) (Onomatopoeia)
Na-adjective
2. (frozen, worried) stiff (Onomatopoeia)
Na-adjective
No-adjective
3. rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; overly serious (Onomatopoeia)
Adverb
No-adjective
4. voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause (Onomatopoeia)
Other readings
Examples3
寒くて
My teeth chattered with cold.
背中
My back is stiff.
赤木
Captain Akagi sprained his ankle during practice, so, before the game, he taped it up until it was stiff as a board.