かちん

clink

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かちん

1 〔音〕 click; clink; ping; chink.

●かちんと 〔グラスなどが〕 with a clink; 〔掛け金などが〕 with a click

・ドアにかちんと掛け金をかける latch a door with a click

・かちんと鳴る click; clink; chink; ping; crack

・クルミをかちんと割る crack a walnut open.

●錠がかちんとかかった[あいた]. The lock closed [opened] with a click. | The lock clicked shut [open].

・小石がヘルメットにかちんと当たった. A pebble pinged against the helmet [bounced off the helmet with a ping]. | There was a ping as a pebble hit the helmet.

・二人はグラスをかちんと合わせた. They clinked their glasses together.

・焼けた鉄の塊を金槌でかちんかちんと打った. The hot iron gave off a pinging sound as he hammered it.

2 〔不愉快になる様子〕

●その言葉にかちんと来た. That remark hurt [got me, was very wounding].