Illustration: In a neighborhood woodworking workshop, a thick timber is held firmly against a heavy workbench by two substantial clamps. An apprentice grips the timber with both hands and leans backward to test it, but the joints remain tight and the timber stays level.

JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

がっちり

gatchiri

solidly built, robustly

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは背せが高たかく骨組ほねぐみのがっちりした人ひとだ。

    He is a tall and strongly built man.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ただし、黒板こくばんの文字もじは草書そうしょでの走はしり書がき、しかも体格たいかくががっちりして頭あたまが大おおきいのでその文字もじを覆おおってしまい学生達がくせいたちはノートを取とることが難むずかしかったという。

    His students however had a hard time taking notes during his class since he had cursive handwriting, and moreover, being well-built, he often covered the blackboard with his big head.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. ジョンは、日本にっぽんでソフトウェア会社かいしゃのマネージャーをしていました。彼かれはハワイ出身しゅっしんの日本人にっぽんじんで、カッコよくて色黒いろぐろ。がっちりとした体からだつきでした。

    Jon was a manager in the software company in Japan. He was a Japanese from Hawaii. He was handsome and dark. He had a well-built body.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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