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Texture & Touch

ぺちゃっと

pechatto

Flat and squished

Compressed flat and thin, like something that's been sat on or stepped on. The shape has been squashed out of it.

💡Used for a hat sat on, a box that got crushed, or bread flattened under heavy objects.

Example

カバンの中でサンドイッチがぺちゃっとつぶれていた。

The sandwich got flat and squished inside my bag.

Quiz yourself

I sat on my hat and it went ___ completely flat.

帽子の上に座ってしまって___とつぶれた。

flatsquishedcompressedcrushedthin
Intermediate