ばりばり
energetically; crunching
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Examples
ばりばり働いている。
ばりばりはたらいている。
He is working flat out.
せんべいをばりばり食べる。
せんべいをばりばりたべる。
He crunches through the rice crackers.
彼は現役ばりばりの技術者だ。
かれはげんえきばりばりのぎじゅつしゃだ。
He is an engineer still very much in active service.
Common patterns
- ばりばり働く
- to work energetically
- ばりばり食べる
- to crunch away at
- 現役ばりばり
- in full active form
Memory tip
One sound covering two senses: hard things cracking or tearing, and people working at full throttle. After a noun, as in 現役ばりばり, it means being in full active form.
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