- きりきり
- at once
right away
quickly* * *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.