Empty, packed, messy
Core words, Stage 4chunk 76 of 79Sound and feeling words
Lets you describe crowded, empty and messy places.
- garagaranearly empty (place); hoarse (voice)
- guchaguchamessy, jumbled; mushy
- gyuttotightly, firmly
- gyuugyuupacked tight, crammed
Mix-ups Gyutto (squeeze tight) vs gyuugyuu (packed full).
garagara
polite garagara desu
nearly empty (place); hoarse (voice)
For trains, shops or roads with hardly anyone in them.
Also a hoarse voice (koe ga garagara) and a rattling sound, like a sliding door. Opposite: gyuugyuu or konde iru.
kyou no densha, garagara datta ne.
The train was nearly empty today.
今日の電車、ガラガラだったね。
kyou no densha wa garagara deshita ne.
The train was nearly empty today.
今日の電車はガラガラでしたね。
Written ガラガラ · がらがら · ガラガラですRank #10460 in 3,030 TV dramas
guchagucha
polite guchagucha desu
messy, jumbled; mushy
For a room, hair or thoughts in a mess, or food gone soggy.
Feelings too: atama no naka ga guchagucha (my head's a mess). Close to mechakucha.
heya ga guchagucha da yo.
The room's a total mess.
部屋がぐちゃぐちゃだよ。
heya ga guchagucha de sumimasen.
Sorry the room's such a mess.
部屋がぐちゃぐちゃですみません。
Written ぐちゃぐちゃ · ぐちゃぐちゃですRank #10526 in 3,030 TV dramas
gyutto
tightly, firmly
With squeezing or holding verbs: gyutto dakishimeru (hug tight), gyutto nigiru (grip tight).
Gyuu alone is a hug in casual talk (gyuu shite = hug me).
te o gyutto nigitte kureta.
She squeezed my hand tight.
手をぎゅっと握ってくれた。
te o gyutto nigitte kuremashita.
She squeezed my hand tight.
手をぎゅっと握ってくれました。
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gyuugyuu
polite gyuugyuu desu
packed tight, crammed
For a train, bag or schedule crammed full.
Gyuugyuu zume = crammed in like sardines.
asa no densha, gyuugyuu da yo.
The morning train is packed.
朝の電車、ぎゅうぎゅうだよ。
asa no densha wa gyuugyuu desu ne.
The morning train is packed, isn't it.
朝の電車はぎゅうぎゅうですね。
Written ぎゅうぎゅう · ぎゅうぎゅうですRank #25547 in 3,030 TV dramas