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ごつっと

gotsutto

Bumping hard against something

The dull, heavy sound of banging hard into something solid once — a head hitting a pillar or a shelf corner.

💡Bumping your head — 'I hit the door frame gotsutto and saw stars.'

Example

柱に頭をごつっとぶつけた。

I banged my head gotsutto against the pillar.

Quiz yourself

I ___ banged my head on the shelf corner.

棚の角に頭を○○とぶつけた。

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