がりがり
Meanings
Adverb
Adverb taking と
1. crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; scraping; scratching (Onomatopoeia)
Na-adjective
2. hard and crunchy (Onomatopoeia)
3. very skinny; emaciated; all skin and bones (Onomatopoeia)
Other readings
Pitch accent
がりがり
Examples7
彼女
She is all skin and bone.
犬
The dog is crunching a bone.
この
This sweet potato is only half-baked and is still crunchy.
あの
That boy is skinny.
あの人って、
That man is skinny, but his wife is fat.
彼女
She was as thin as a rail.