Search Terms: *硬*
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adjective
1.
hard, solid, tough(esp. 固い and 堅い for wood, 硬い for metal and stone)
2.
stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing)
3.
strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved)
4.
safe, steady, honest, steadfast
5.
obstinate, stubborn
6.
bookish, formal, stuffy
Other readings:
固い【かたい】
、堅い【かたい】
、緊い【かたい】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
na-adjective, noun
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firm, strong, unbending, unyielding, uncompromising, stubborn, tough, hard-line
noun
1.
hard-liners, diehards, hawks
noun, na-adjective
2.
(young) man with traditionally masculine interests, tough boy, man's man
noun
3.
hard news, reporter who covers political and economic affairs
noun, na-adjective
4.
strait-laced type (with respect to relationships)
noun
5.
bullish traders
noun, auxillary suru verb
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stiffening, rigidity, rigor, stiffness, ossification, petrification
noun, auxillary suru verb
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arteriosclerosis, hardening of the arteries
noun
•
firmness, hardness, stiffness, honesty
Other readings:
固さ【かたさ】
、堅さ【かたさ】
noun, no-adjective
•
hard (esp. of hardball, tennis, etc.)
See also:軟式
noun
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stroke (blocked blood vessel in brain), cerebral infarction
Other readings:
脳硬塞【のうこうそく】
、脳こうそく【のうこうそく】
noun
1.
forced march
2.
doing something on a very strict schedule
Other readings:
強硬軍【きょうこうぐん】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
expression, adjective
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thickheaded, obstinate, inflexible, stubborn
See also:頭の固い
Other readings:
頭が硬い【あたまがかたい】
、頭がかたい【あたまがかたい】
expression
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let's put formalities aside, let's not speak so stiffly
Other readings:
硬いことは言いっこなし【かたいことはいいっこなし】
、固いことは言いっこなし【かたいことはいいっこなし】