ガチャガチャ

See also: がちゃがちゃ

Japanese

Adverb

ガチャガチャ or がちゃがちゃ • (gachagacha) 

1. (onomatopoeia) clank-clank, the sound of hard objects rattling or striking repeatedly

Noun

a male くつわ虫(むし) (kutsuwa mushi) or ガチャガチャ

ガチャガチャ • (gachagacha) 

1. a vending machine that sells small toys in plastic capsules

   Synonyms: ガシャポン, ガチャポン, カプセルトイ

2. giant katydid, Mecopoda niponensis, a species of katydid that produces a loud noise

   Synonym: くつわ虫

Verb

ガチャガチャする or がちゃがちゃする • (gachagacha suru) suru (stem ガチャガチャし (gachagachasuru shi), past ガチャガチャした (gachagachasuru shita))

1. produce a clanking or rattling sound

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
• Toshio Watanabe, Edmund R. Skrzypczak, Paul Snowden (2004) Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Kenkyusha
• Yoshiro Kojima, Shigeru Takebayashi, Keisuke Nakao, Hideo Masuda (2005) Luminous Japanese-English Dictionary (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Kenkyusha