ガラガラ
Also written がらがら
Meanings
- Adverb with a clatter; with a rattle
- の-adjective, な-adjective (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; bare; uninhabited; unoccupied
- raspy (voice); gravelly; husky
- Adverb with a gargle
- する verb, Adverb rough (personality, speech, etc.); unreserved; outspoken; boorish; ill-mannered
- Noun rattle (baby's toy)
- lottery wheel
Example sentences
- 一人の老婦人を除けばバスはがらがらだった。
The bus was empty except for one elderly woman. - 赤ん坊はガラガラを振っていた。
The baby was shaking the rattle. - 壁は大きな音をたててガラガラと倒れた。
The fence fell with a great crash. - 声ガラガラじゃん。どうしたの?
Your voice is raspy. Why? - 僕の新しいクラブの初めてのミーティング、ガラガラだった。でも何とかなるから気にしてないよ。
Almost no one showed up at my new club's first meeting. But I'm not worried, since it'll all work out somehow.
Words containing ガラガラ
- よこばいガラガラへび sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
- ガラガラ抽選 (ガラガラちゅうせん) tombola