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ぼりぼり

bori-bori

Scratching hard; crunching on hard food

The sound and motion of scratching an itch vigorously. Can also describe crunching on hard food like rice crackers.

💡Scratching a mosquito bite absent-mindedly — 'He was bori-bori scratching his arm during the lecture.'

Example

虫刺されをぼりぼりと掻いてしまった。

I scratched the bug bite bori-bori without thinking.

Quiz yourself

Stop ___ scratching that — you'll make it worse!

○○掻いたら余計にひどくなるよ!

scratchingitchingmosquitoabsent-mindedskin
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