カチンカチン

Also written カチンコチン, かちんこちん, かちんかちん

Meanings

1. な-adjective rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality)
2. Noun clangor

Example sentences

• 昨日洗濯物を外に干しっぱなしにしたら、朝にはカチンカチンに凍っていた。
  I hung the laundry out to dry last night and by morning it had frozen hard as a rock.
• ペットボトルのジュースをカチンカチンに凍らせてきたんだよ。これでお昼には冷たいジュースが山頂で飲めるって段取りさ。
  I froze the juice inside the PET bottle. This way, I'll be able to drink as much cold juice as I want at lunchtime.
• カチンカチンだ。
  It's frozen solid.

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