Kachikachi
Also read: コチコチ、カチコチ、かちかち、こちこち、かちこち、カッチカチ
カチカチ (Kachikachi) is a Japanese adverb (to) meaning “ticktock, chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock), knocking, clicking”.
Meanings
- adverb (to), adverbticktock
- adverb (to), adverbchinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; clicking; clacking; clattering
- adjectival noun, na-adjectivedry and hard; (frozen) stiff
- adjectival noun, na-adjectivehidebound; die-hard; stubborn; obstinate; bigoted
- adjectival noun, na-adjectivescared stiff; tense; nervous; frightened
Examples
洗面器の水がかちかちに凍った。
The water in the basin has frozen solid.
聞こえる音は時計のカチカチという音だけだった。
The only sound to be heard was the ticking of the clock.
夜寝れない時に限って、時計のカチカチいう音が気になるものだ。
It's only when I can't sleep at night that the ticking of the clock becomes loud enough to bother me.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).