Meaning of じりじり in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level じりじり

Romaji jirijiri

Parts of speech

adverb (fukushi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

Meaning

running out of patience; slowly approaching; scorching sun; sound of alarm bell

Examples of , じりじり in a sentence

彼女はジリジリするような日差しの中で、傘をさした。

She put up an umbrella against a scorching sun.
砂漠の太陽が彼にじりじり照りつけた。

The desert sun grilled him.

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