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Japanese symbol for “dramatically”

Romaji: gattari
suddenly (esp. falling); dramatically

In Japanese, dramatically is (gattari).

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Meanings

  1. adv, adv-to suddenly (esp. falling); dramatically

Other Japanese words for “dramatically”

WordReadingMeaning
ガラリ garari(changing) completely; totally; utterly
ガラッと garatto(changing) completely; dramatically; suddenly

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.