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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
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
Alt. forms
硬かたい
47%
固かたい
37%
堅かたい
8%
かたい
4%
緊かたい
Pitch accent
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Used in: 955
Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
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Examples (10 in total)
Your body is stiff.
Iron is hard.
The pond was frozen hard.
What is the hardest cheese?
Boil the eggs hard.
Nothing is as hard as a diamond.
One of the qualities of steel is hardness.
I always tie my shoes tightly before I go jogging.
A pick is a long handled tool used for breaking up hard ground surfaces.
Nickel is a hard, silver-white metal.