きりきり

See also: ぎりぎり

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きりきり [kíꜜrìkìrì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲiɾʲikʲiɾʲi]

Adverb

きりきり • (kirikiri) 

1. chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth)​
2. binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow)

   縄(なわ)をきりきり巻(ま)きつける

   nawa o kirikiri makitsukeru

   wrap the rope tightly

3. rotating quickly

   こまがきりきり回(まわ)る

   koma ga kirikiri mawaru

   the spinning top is rotating quickly

4. hurting sharply​

   胃(い)がきりきり痛(いた)む

   i ga kirikiri itamu

   stomach hurts sharply

5. briskly; quickly; promptly; at once; right away

   きりきり立(た)ち回(まわ)る

   kirikiri tachimawaru

   to walk around quickly

Verb

きりきりする • (kirikiri suru) suru (stem きりきりし (kirikiri shi), past きりきりした (kirikiri shita))

1. Same as above.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "きりきりする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	きりきりし	kirikiri shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	きりきりし	kirikiri shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	きりきりする	kirikiri suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	きりきりする	kirikiri suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	きりきりすれ	kirikiri sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	きりきりせよ¹ きりきりしろ²	kirikiri seyo¹ kirikiri shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	きりきりされる	kirikiri sareru
Causative	きりきりさせる きりきりさす	kirikiri saseru kirikiri sasu
Potential	きりきりできる	kirikiri dekiru
Volitional	きりきりしよう	kirikiri shiyō
Negative	きりきりしない	kirikiri shinai
Negative continuative	きりきりせず	kirikiri sezu
Formal	きりきりします	kirikiri shimasu
Perfective	きりきりした	kirikiri shita
Conjunctive	きりきりして	kirikiri shite
Hypothetical conditional	きりきりすれば	kirikiri sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Derived terms

• きりきり舞(ま)い (kirikirimai)