ぐらぐら – vocab dash

ぐらぐら

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Meanings

Adverb

Adverb taking と

Suru verb

No-adjective

Na-adjective

1. wobbling; tottering; shaking; unstably; unsteadily (Onomatopoeia)

Adverb

Adverb taking と

Suru verb

2. wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; indecisively (Onomatopoeia)

Adverb

Adverb taking と

3. boiling up (Onomatopoeia)

Adverb

Adverb taking と

Suru verb

4. dizzily; giddily (Onomatopoeia)

Other readings

グラグラ

Examples8

テーブルの脚あしがぐらぐらする。

The legs of the table are shaky.

頭あたまがぐらぐらします。

My head is swimming.

トムの歯はがぐらぐらしている。

Tom has a loose tooth.

トムは歯はがぐらぐらしている。

Tom has a loose tooth.

テーブルがぐらぐらするよ。

The table is wobbling.

山やまの頂ちょう上じょうに近ちかづいたら大おおきな岩いわがゴロゴロあって、そこを乗のり越こえるのに一苦労いちくろうだったよ。時とき々どきグラグラしている岩いわもあったしね。

I was getting close to the summit, but there were several boulders in my way, and trying to get over them almost did me in. Sometimes there were loose rocks all over the place, too.