きりきり

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See also: ぎりぎり

Japanese

Pronunciation

Adverb

きりきり • (kirikiri) 

  1. chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth)​
  2. binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow)
    縄(なわ)をきりきり巻(ま)きつける
    nawa o kirikiri makitsukeru
    wrap the rope tightly
  3. rotating quickly
    こまがきりきり回(まわ)る
    koma ga kirikiri mawaru
    the spinning top is rotating quickly
  4. hurting sharply​
    胃(い)がきりきり痛(いた)む
    i ga kirikiri itamu
    stomach hurts sharply
  5. briskly; quickly; promptly; at once; right away
    きりきり立(た)ち回(まわ)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))

  1. Same as above.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "きりきりする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") きりきりし kirikiri shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") きりきりし kirikiri shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") きりきりする kirikiri suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") きりきりする kirikiri suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") きりきりすれ kirikiri sure
Meireikei ("imperative") きりきりせよ¹
きりきりしろ² 		kirikiri seyo¹
kirikiri shiro²
Key constructions
Passive きりきりされる kirikiri sareru
Causative きりきりさせる
きりきりさす 		kirikiri saseru
kirikiri sasu
Potential きりきりできる kirikiri dekiru
Volitional きりきりしよう kirikiri shiyō
Negative きりきりしない kirikiri shinai
Negative continuative きりきりせず kirikiri sezu
Formal きりきりします kirikiri shimasu
Perfective きりきりした kirikiri shita
Conjunctive きりきりして kirikiri shite
Hypothetical conditional きりきりすれば kirikiri sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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