ぎりぎり

See also: きりきり

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
限り限り

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぎりぎり [gìrígírí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɡʲiɾʲiɡʲiɾʲi]

Adverb

ぎりぎり or ギリギリ • (girigiri) 

  1. just barely, at the last minute
    • 2025 August 15 (last accessed), 小池晃 [Akira Koike], quotee, “第217回国会　参議院　本会議　第3号　令和7年1月29日 [217th Diet House of Councilors Plenary Session No. 3 January 29, 2025]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library]:
      多くの若年がん患者は、抗がん剤治療などを受けながら就労して、ぎりぎりの生活を送っています。
      Ōku no jakunen gan kanja wa, kōganzai chiryō nado o uke nagara shūrō shite, girigiri no seikatsu o okutte imasu.
      Many young cancer patients are working while undergoing chemotherapy and other treatments, living on the edge.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぎりぎり [gíꜜrìgìrì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ɡʲiɾʲiɡʲiɾʲi]

Adverb

ぎりぎり or ギリギリ • (girigiri) 

  1. (onomatopoeia) grinding sound
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