ばりばり

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Japanese

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ばりばり • (baribari) -na (adnominal ばりばりな (baribari na), adverbial ばりばりに (baribari ni))

  1. stiff, rigid
    ばりばりに凍(こお)る
    baribari ni kōru
    to freeze solid
  2. energetic, vigorous
    第(だい)一(いっ)線(せん)でばりばりな社(しゃ)員(いん)
    daīssen de baribari na shain
    vigorous employee on the front lines

Adverb

ばりばり • (baribari) 

  1. stiffly, rigidly
    のりがきいてばりばりとした浴(ゆ)衣(かた)
    nori ga kiite baribari to shita yukata
    stiffly starched yukata
  2. expressing the sound or state of forcefully tearing or peeling something
    ふすま紙(かみ)をばりばりと裂(さ)く
    fusuma kami o baribari to saku
    tear the fusuma paper with a ripping sound
  3. expressing the sound or state of biting something hard: crunchily
    たくあんをばりばりかむ
    takuan o baribari kamu
    crunch on a piece of takuwan
  4. (referring to someone doing a task or activity) energetically, vigorously
    ばりばり仕(し)事(ごと)をこなす
    baribari shigoto o konasu
    tackle work energetically
  5. expressing a loud continuous sound, such as when firing bullets: with rat-tat-tats
    ばりばりと機(き)銃(じゅう)で掃(そう)射(しゃ)する
    baribari to kijū de sōsha suru
    spray with a machine gun with rat-tat-tats

Noun

ばりばり • (baribari) 

  1. state of being or something stiff or rigid
  2. state of being energetic; someone having momentum
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