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Emotion & Feeling

がくっと

gakutto

Suddenly deflated and discouraged

The feeling of your energy and hope draining away in an instant, like a puppet whose strings were cut. A sudden crash from high expectations.

💡Checking your score and it's terrible — 'My shoulders dropped gakutto when I saw the results.'

Example

テストの点数を見てがくっときた。

I felt gakutto when I saw my test score.

Quiz yourself

I went ___ when the concert was suddenly canceled.

コンサートが急に中止になって○○きた。

disappointmentshockdeflateddiscouragedletdown
Intermediate