“Curled up” in Japanese
Short answer
チリチリ
chirichiri
Curled up in Japanese is “チリチリ” (chirichiri). Full meaning: frizzy (hair), wiry, kinky, curled up (leaves, etc.), shrivelled up; sizzling, frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold), painfully, piercingly, bitingly.
Other ways to say “Curled up” in Japanese
ちりちり
chirichiri frizzy (hair), wiry, kinky, curled up (leaves, etc.), shrivelled up; sizzling, frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold), painfully, piercingly, bitingly
ちりちりっ
chirichiri frizzy (hair), wiry, kinky, curled up (leaves, etc.), shrivelled up; sizzling, frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold), painfully, piercingly, bitingly
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