表層形
カラカラ
副詞
カラカラ
Karakara · からから — parched, dried-up, bone-dry; empty, hollow; rattling, clattering
Other ways to say “parched” in Japanese →
カラカラ in rōmaji: karakara.
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Updated: 2026年9月29日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
カラカラ
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| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
からから
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| 読み (Reading) |
カラカラ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
カラカラ
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| 読み・基本形 |
カラカラ
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| 表記・基本形 |
カラカラ
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| 見出し語の読み |
カラカラ
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How it's used
Used in casual conversation to describe something extremely dry, empty, or a rattling sound.
喉がカラカラだ。
Nodo ga karakara da.
My throat is parched.
この部屋はカラカラに乾いている。
Kono heya wa karakara ni kawaite iru.
This room is bone-dry.
⚖️ Commonly confused with からから (karakara) meaning 'empty' or 'rattling', but the same spelling often conveys both meanings in context.
💡 English Meaning
カラカラ means “parched, dried-up, bone-dry; empty, hollow; rattling, clattering” — full definition & examples →
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カラカラ
Lemma: からから
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The surface form (カラカラ) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (からから) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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