[buranchi] (n) (1) branch; (2) brunch; (P) #17982
[いざというとき, izatoiutoki] (exp) (See いざ) when it's important; when it comes to the crunch
[いざかまくら, izakamakura] (n) case that something major happens; event of an emergency; when it comes to the crunch
[kuchakucha] (adv, adv-to, adj-na) (on-mim) crunching; crumpling; messy
[korikori] (adv, adv-to, vs) (1) (on-mim) crisp (like a pickle); crunchy; (2) (on-mim) firm (musculature); (3) (on-mim) stiff (shoulders, neck, etc.)
[sakusaku ; sakusaku] (adv, adv-to, vs) (1) (on-mim) crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; flaky (as in pastry); (2) (on-mim) crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); (3) (on-mim) doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; proceeding smoothly; (4) (on-mim) (arch) sound of pouring liquid; (5) (on-mim) (arch) speaking clearly
[sakutsu ; sakutsu] (adv-to) (1) (on-mim) with a crunching or grinding sound; (2) quickly; promptly; abruptly; simply; efficiently; (3) (See さくさく・1) crispily; crunchily
[zakkuzakku] (adv) crunch crunch; thud thud; tramp tramp
[shakitto ; shakitsu to] (adv) (1) (See すっきり) crisp; crunchy; (2) refreshing; straight; firm; sharp; smart and stylish
[jarijari] (adv, adv-to, adj-na, vs) (on-mim) crunchy; gritty (sand, pebbles, etc.)
[baribari (P); baribari] (adj-na, adv, n) (on-mim) tearing; crunching (sound); work hard; actively; (P)
[paritto] (adv, vs) (1) (col) dashing; classy; posh; new; modern; (2) crisp; crisply; crunchy
[boribori ; poripori] (adv, adv-to) (1) (on-mim) munching; crunching; (2) (on-mim) scratching
[ぼりぼりたべる, boriboritaberu] (exp, v1) to eat with a munching or crunching sound
[mushamusha] (adv) munch; crunch
[karikari ; karikari] (adj-na, adv-to, adv, vs) (1) (on-mim) (See こりこり・1) crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; (adv-to, adv, vs) (2) (on-mim) grumpily; touchily; edgily; irritably
[kurejittokuranchi] (n) credit crunch
[shushu] (n) (uk) scrunchie; hair tie covered in fabric
[barin] (n) (1) valine; (adv) (2) (on-mim) (with a) whoomp; smash; crunch
[biggukuranchi] (n) big crunch (theoretical reversal of the big bang resulting in the demise of the universe)
[bokiboki ; bokiboki] (adv, adv-to) (on-mim) cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
[がりがり;ガリガリ, garigari ; garigari] (adj-na, n) (1) (uk) skin and bones; appearing to be underweight; (adv) (2) with a grinding, crunching, scratching (sound); (3) desperately; recklessly; (adj-no) (4) crunchy hardness; (5) selfishness; selfish person
[かみしだく, kamishidaku] (v5k, vt) (1) to crush with the teeth; to crunch; (2) to simplify
[かみくだく, kamikudaku] (v5k, vt) (1) to crunch; to masticate; (2) to simplify; to explain plainly
[きんゆうひきしめ, kinyuuhikishime] (n) monetary tightening; credit squeeze; credit crunch
[はざわり, hazawari] (n) texture (e.g. chewiness, hardness, crispiness, crunchiness, etc.) of food
[にぼし, niboshi] (n) (small crunchy) dried sardines
[じって;じゅって, jitte ; jutte] (n) (arch) short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policeman and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)
[しんようきき, shinyoukiki] (n) credit crunch
[かずあわせ, kazuawase] (n) making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority); taking tally; number-crunching
[てんかす, tenkasu] (n) (See 天ぷら) tenkasu (crunchy bits of deep-fried dough produced as a byproduct of cooking tempura)
[かじる, kajiru] (v5r, vt) (1) to chew; to bite (at); to gnaw; to nibble; to munch; to crunch; to have a smattering of; (2) to dabble in (e.g. hobby, instrument)