Illustration: In a neighborhood pottery workshop, a visitor sits on a wooden stool with one leg shorter than the others. The seat tilts sideways, leaving one foot visibly lifted above the floor, while faint alternate positions show it rocking back toward the opposite side.

JLPT N3adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

ぐらぐら

guragura

unsteadily, wobbling

Example sentences

  1. テーブルがぐらぐらするよ。

    The table is wobbling.

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  2. この歯はがグラグラします。

    This tooth is loose.

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  3. テーブルの脚あしがぐらぐらする。

    The legs of the table are shaky.

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