ガタガタ

adverb, adverb taking the 'to' particle, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

trembling; shivering; shaking

Describes a person or thing trembling or shaking, often from cold, fear, or nervousness.

• 寒さむさで体からだがガタガタ震ふるえた。

  I was shivering from the cold.

• 彼かれは緊きん張ちょうでガタガタしていた。

  He was trembling with nervousness.

adverb, adverb taking the 'to' particle, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

whining; grumbling; complaining

Describes someone complaining or grumbling persistently, often in an annoying manner.

• 彼かれはいつも給きゅう料りょうのことでガタガタ文もん句くを言いっている。

  He's always grumbling about his salary.

• そんな小ちいさなことでガタガタ言いうな。

  Stop whining about such a small thing.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', na-adjective

rickety; shaky; wobbly; decrepit

Describes something physically unstable, loose, or in poor condition, such as furniture, buildings, or machinery.

• この机つくえはガタガタで、字じが書かきにくい。

  This desk is wobbly and hard to write on.

• ガタガタの家いえだけど、住すめないことはない。

  It's a ramshackle house, but it's not uninhabitable.