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がりがり

gari-gari

Scratching or scraping hard surface

The harsh, grating sound of something hard being scraped or scratched — scraping ice off a windshield, grinding teeth, or carving into stone.

💡Scraping frost off a car window — 'I had to gari-gari scrape the ice off this morning.'

Example

車のフロントガラスの氷をがりがり削った。

I scraped the ice off the windshield gari-gari.

Quiz yourself

He was ___ scraping the burnt food off the bottom of the pan.

焦げ付いた鍋の底を○○とこすっていた。

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Intermediate