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かたい
Meanings
Adjective (い)
1. hard; solid; tough
esp. 固い and 堅い for wood, 硬い for metal and stone
Then, something small and hard touches my fingertips.
2. stiff; tight; wooden; unpolished (e.g. writing)
You don't need to be so tense.
3. strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved)
The entrance is firmly shut.
4. safe; steady; honest; steadfast
My mind is firmly made up.
5. certain; assured; highly likely
of a predicted outcome
6. obstinate; stubborn
7. bookish; formal; stuffy
Come on, don't be so stuffy about it.
8. solid (shape or stones)
Alt. forms
硬かたい
49%
固かたい
36%
堅かたい
8%
かたい
4%
緊かたい
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
strict; formal; strait-laced; stuffy; prudish; serious
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
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Examples (18 in total)
Your body is stiff.
Iron is hard.
The pond was frozen hard.
What is the hardest cheese?
Boil the eggs hard.
Nickel is a hard, silver-white metal.
Rio responds in a slightly stiff voice.
This meat is tough and full of sinew.
Its hardness and weight are considerable.
Nothing is as hard as a diamond.
One of the qualities of steel is hardness.
It looks hard, and it seems to have a certain weight.
Cut hard vegetables by pressing the knife down from above.
The sword itself is merely a piece of metal that is simply hard.
I peel off the tough skin with my fingers, take a segment and put it in my mouth.
I always tie my shoes tightly before I go jogging.
Half automatically, one stiffens one's body and strives to get through the situation.
A pick is a long handled tool used for breaking up hard ground surfaces.