Meanings
The state in which a large amount of something is removed at once.
Examples
・泥棒にコレクションをごっそり持っていかれた。
・ストレスで、ごっそり髪の毛が抜けた。
・久しぶりに換気扇を掃除したら、ごっそり油汚れが落ちた。
Dogmatic Opinion
The image of a subjectively quite large amount of things being left out or away.
辞書には「根こそぎ」という説明も散見され、ほぼ１００％に近い喪失」のようだが ごっそりなくなる量は半数以下でも構わないのではないか。
The dictionary is also littered with explanations of “Nekosogi(uprooting),” which seems to be a “near 100% loss,” but the amount that is “Gossori” lost could be less than half.
Rather than the appearance of shaving off all the hair on the head, it is more like alopecia areata due to stress, or a large amount of hair falling out due to illness.
The term “Gossori stolen” can also be used even if only one section of a bookshelf with 10 compartments has been damaged, or if only a certain section of an article is missing.
Proximate Expression
take someone to the cleaners
be taxed heavily
