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Japanese
Pronunciation
Adverb
きりきり • (kirikiri)
- chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth)
- binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow)
- 縄をきりきり巻きつける
- nawa o kirikiri makitsukeru
- wrap the rope tightly
- rotating quickly
- こまがきりきり回る
- koma ga kirikiri mawaru
- the spinning top is rotating quickly
- hurting sharply
- 胃がきりきり痛む
- i ga kirikiri itamu
- stomach hurts sharply
- briskly; quickly; promptly; at once; right away
- きりきり立ち回る
- kirikiri tachimawaru
- to walk around quickly
Verb
きりきりする • (kirikiri suru) suru (stem きりきりし (kirikiri shi), past きりきりした (kirikiri shita))
- Same as above.
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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きりきりし
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kirikiri shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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きりきりし
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kirikiri shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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きりきりする
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kirikiri suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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きりきりする
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kirikiri suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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きりきりすれ
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kirikiri sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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きりきりせよ¹ きりきりしろ²
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kirikiri seyo¹ kirikiri shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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きりきりされる
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kirikiri sareru
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Causative
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きりきりさせる きりきりさす
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kirikiri saseru kirikiri sasu
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Potential
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きりきりできる
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kirikiri dekiru
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Volitional
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きりきりしよう
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kirikiri shiyō
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Negative
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きりきりしない
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kirikiri shinai
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Negative continuative
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きりきりせず
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kirikiri sezu
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Formal
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きりきりします
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kirikiri shimasu
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Perfective
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きりきりした
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kirikiri shita
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Conjunctive
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きりきりして
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kirikiri shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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きりきりすれば
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kirikiri sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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Derived terms
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