きりきり

きりきり
at once
right away
quickly
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きりきり
1 〔てきぱき〕 briskly; 〔くるくる〕 round and round; 《米》 around and around.

●きりきりと立ち働く go about one's work briskly [snappily, energetically]

・きりきり回る spin round (and round); turn in a spin.

2 〔力いっぱいに〕 《twist》 tightly.

●きりきりと縛り上げる tie up tightly

・弓をきりきりと引き絞る draw the string of a bow back as far as one can.

3 〔鋭く痛むさま〕
~する affect with severe spasmodic pain.

●胃がきりきりする the stomach experiences severe spasmodic pain.

●きりきり頭が痛む have a splitting headache

・歯がきりきり痛む have a sharp pain in one of one's teeth; have acute [bad] toothache

・きりきり腹が痛む feel a stabbing pain in the stomach.

4 〔いらいらするさま〕

●きりきりさせる drive up the wall; 《米》 tick off

・完璧にこなそうときりきりしている be all on edge to get it done just right.


Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.

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