ガチャガチャ

See also: がちゃがちゃ

Japanese

Adverb

ガチャガチャ or がちゃがちゃ • (gachagacha) 

  1. (onomatopoeia) clank-clank, the sound of hard objects rattling or striking repeatedly

Noun

ガチャガチャ • (gachagacha) 

  1. a vending machine that sells small toys in plastic capsules
    Synonyms: ガシャポン, ガチャポン, カプセルトイ
  2. giant katydid, Mecopoda niponensis, a species of katydid that produces a loud noise
    Synonym: 轡虫

Verb

ガチャガチャする or がちゃがちゃする • (gachagacha suru) suru (stem ガチャガチャし (gachagacha shi), past ガチャガチャした (gachagacha shita))

  1. produce a clanking or rattling sound

References

  • Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN
  • Toshio Watanabe; Edmund R. Skrzypczak; Paul Snowden (2004), Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Kenkyusha
  • Yoshiro Kojima; Shigeru Takebayashi; Keisuke Nakao; Hideo Masuda (2005), Luminous Japanese-English Dictionary (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Kenkyusha
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