What does "kittie-kittie-kittie" mean and how is it spelled correctly (in transcription)


What does the most famous line of the movie Audition (Ôdishon, 1999) mean and
how is it transcribed correctly using Latin letters?

It sounds (!) like "kittie, kittie, kittie, kittie, kittie" and is uttered,
when the female character puts long needles into various sensitive body parts
of her victim. The DVD-subtitles in various languages provide words like
"deeper, deeper, deeper" or "pricking, pricking, pricking". Unfortunately, my
DVD has no Japanese subtitles, and I can't find it translating those English
words with the help of dictionaries.




I have never seen this film, but guessed you may be hearing きりきりきり
(kirikirikiri). I tried typing きりきりきり into google to see what would happen,
and it autocompleted to オーディション (Audition) so I think this is your answer for
how to correctly write it in romaji. [Here is the google
search.](https://www.google.com/search?q=%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AA%20%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3&oq=%E3%81%8D%E3%82%8A%E3%81%8D%E3%82%8A%E3%81%8D%E3%82%8A%E3%81%8D%E3%82%8A)

As for what it means, Chocolate says that it is an onomatopoeia, which
[according to this giongo
list](https://github.com/Pomax/nihongoresources.com/blob/master/giongo.txt#L541)
possibly meaning 'a sharp drilling pain' which sounds relevant for the
context.

As an aside, the 'tt' consonant in American English 'kitty' happens to sound
similar to Japanese r, which I think is why you heard it that way.




I have never seen this film, but guessed you may be hearing きりきりきり
(kirikirikiri). I tried typing きりきりきり into google to see what would happen,
and it autocompleted to オーディション (Audition) so I think this is your answer for
how to correctly write it in romaji. [Here is the google
search.](https://www.google.com/search?q=%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AA%20%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3&oq=%E3%81%8D%E3%82%8A%E3%81%8D%E3%82%8A%E3%81%8D%E3%82%8A%E3%81%8D%E3%82%8A)

As for what it means, Chocolate says that it is an onomatopoeia, which
[according to this giongo
list](https://github.com/Pomax/nihongoresources.com/blob/master/giongo.txt#L541)
possibly meaning 'a sharp drilling pain' which sounds relevant for the
context.

As an aside, the 'tt' consonant in American English 'kitty' happens to sound
similar to Japanese r, which I think is why you heard it that way.

