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ガッツリ (gattsuri)

GAT-tsu-reeadverbInformal

A Japanese slang term. Browse all Japanese slang.

What it means

  1. Properly; heartily; a serious amount. Of food above all — ガッツリ系 is the whole genre of large, meaty, unapologetic dishes.

  2. Also of effort or involvement: ガッツリ働く, to put in a real shift.

Examples with translations

  • 今日はガッツリ肉食べたい。

    I want a proper meat-heavy meal today.

  • ガッツリ寝たから元気。

    I got a solid night's sleep, so I'm fine.

Where it comes from

A sound-symbolic coinage on がっちり ('firmly, solidly'), which spread through food writing and ramen culture in the 2000s.

Other forms

Romanised as:
gattsuri