ガチガチ

Frequency rank: 11,967. – 11,993.

Alsoがちがち

adverb + と

chattering (teeth)onomatopoeia

This meaning describes the action of teeth making noise due to being cold or in a state of fear.

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He was chattering his teeth from the cold.

na-adjective

(frozen, worried) stiffonomatopoeia

This usage conveys a state of being frozen or stiff, often due to fear, tension, or cold conditions.

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He was so nervous that his body became stiff.

na-adjective; no-adjective

rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; overly seriousonomatopoeia

This meaning refers to someone who is not open-minded, often strict in their views or behavior.

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His thinking is rigid, and he never accepts new ideas.

adverb; no-adjective

voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pauseonomatopoeia

This usage describes an intense approach or capacity for work or study, indicating someone who is always engaged and consuming knowledge or tasks rapidly.

、。

He is studying voraciously, reading textbooks for hours every day.

Conjugation

Form	Plain	Plain negative	Polite	Polite negative
Non-past 現在形	ガチガチだ	ガチガチではないガチガチじゃない	ガチガチです	ガチガチではありませんガチガチじゃありません
Past 過去形	ガチガチだった	ガチガチではなかったガチガチじゃなかった	ガチガチでした	ガチガチではありませんでしたガチガチじゃありませんでした
て-form て形	ガチガチで	ガチガチではなくてガチガチじゃなくて	–	–

Example sentences2 results

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Captain Akagi sprained his ankle during practice, so, before the game, he taped it up until it was stiff as a board.

Tatoeba

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My teeth chattered with cold.

Tatoeba