がっちり

solidly built, tightly

Also:tight, shrewd

What does がっちり mean?

がっちり is a Japanese noun meaning solidly built, tightly in English. It can also be translated as tight, shrewd depending on context. It is written as がっちり in hiragana, and gatchiri in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

彼は背が高く骨組みのがっちりした人だ。

He is a tall and strongly built man.