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ごりごり

gori-gori

Crunching on something hard and grainy

The rough, grinding crunch of biting into something very hard — coarsely ground pepper, hard candy, or ice cubes.

💡Grinding fresh pepper — 'The black pepper goes gori-gori in the mill.'

Example

黒胡椒をごりごり挽いた。

I ground the black pepper gori-gori.

Quiz yourself

He was ___ crunching on ice cubes from his drink.

飲み物の氷を○○かじっていた。

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