カツカツ katsukatsu
カツカツ
katsukatsu
Adverb
, no-Adjective
1. barely; just; narrowly; with difficulty
Onomatopoeia
ウチだって閑古 鳥 が鳴 くようなカツカツの状態 だから、バイトを雇 う余裕 なんてない。
uchidatte kankodoriga naku yōna katsukatsuno jōtaidakara baitō yatō yoyūnantenai.
We're in a slump, barely scraping by, so we certainly don't have the margin to take on a part-time worker.
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ウチだって閑古 鳥 が鳴 くようなカツカツの状態 だから、バイトを雇 う余裕 なんてない。
uchidatte kankodoriga naku yōna katsukatsuno jōtaidakara baitō yatō yoyūnantenai.
We're in a slump, barely scraping by, so we certainly don't have the margin to take on a part-time worker.
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