- garigari crunching, chewing or crushing something hard, scraping, scratching; hard and crunchy; very skinny, emaciated, all skin and bones
Use がりがり for onomatopoeic crunching or scratching sounds, or to describe someone extremely thin, in casual speech or writing.
彼はがりがりと氷をかじった。
Kare wa garigari to koori o kajitta.
He crunched on the ice.
その猫はがりがりにやせている。
Sono neko wa garigari ni yasete iru.
That cat is all skin and bones.
⚖️ Often confused with ガリガリ (same meaning), but がりがり in hiragana is more common in casual text.
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