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    3. ぎゅっと

    ぎゅっと

    ぎゅっと

    tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.)

    KMT9Ref L1Adverb, Verb, Noun, ParticipleDaily LifeKana Vocab11 strokes

    ぎゅっとギュッとギュっとギュってギュッてぎゅって

    Adverb, Verb, Noun, Participle

    1.
    tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.), firmly, forcefully (e.g. push), hard
    onomatopoeic or mimetic word

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    手てをぎゅっと握にぎった。

    I squeezed his hand tightly.

    KMT3Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    レモンをぎゅっと絞しぼってジュースにした。

    I squeezed the lemon tightly to make juice.

    KMT7Food & DiningDaily Life
    ドアが風かぜで開あかないように、ぎゅっと閉しめた。

    I closed the door tightly so it wouldn't open in the wind.

    KMT8Home & HousingDaily Life
    彼かの女じょは子こ供どもをぎゅっと抱だきしめた。

    She hugged her child tightly.

    KMT9Daily LifeFamily & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれは不ふ安あんを打うち消けすように、ペンをぎゅっと握にぎりしめた。

    He gripped the pen tightly, as if to dispel his anxiety.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Kana that make up this word

    ぎ
    gi
    ゅ
    small yu
    っ
    small tsu
    と
    to
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