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ぎっしり

onomatopoeic or mimetic wordadverbadverb taking the と particle

Meanings

tightly (packed), densely, closely, crammed

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Example sentences

箱はこの中なかにりんごがぎっしり詰つまっていた。

The box was crammed tightly with apples.

電車でんしゃの中なかはぎっしりと人ひとが乗のっていて、身動みうごきが取とれなかった。

The train was packed so tightly with people that I couldn't move.

彼女かのじょのスケジュール帳ちょうには予定よていがぎっしり書かかれている。

Her planner is densely filled with appointments.

本棚ほんだなには専門書せんもんしょがぎっしりと並ならんでいて、どれを読よめばいいか迷まよってしまった。

The bookshelf was tightly lined with technical books, and I was unsure which one to read.

冷蔵庫れいぞうこの中なかにぎっしりと食材しょくざいが詰つめ込こまれており、新あたらしいものを入いれる余地よちがない。

The refrigerator is crammed tightly with ingredients, leaving no room to add anything new.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)