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Food & Drink

しゃくしゃく

shaku-shaku

Crunching (juicy/fresh)

The crisp crunch of biting into fresh, water-rich produce like pear, apple, or cucumber. Juicier than 'sakusaku'.

💡Biting into a fresh pear — 'The pear was shaku-shaku crisp and juicy.'

Example

梨をしゃくしゃくとかじった。

I bit into the pear shaku-shaku.

Quiz yourself

The cucumber salad was ___ crisp and refreshing.

きゅうりのサラダが○○として爽やかだった。

crunchingfreshjuicypearcucumber
Intermediate