かた
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
Kanji used
firm
Pitch accent
たい
Top 6000
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
Examples (8 in total)
This bed is too hard to sleep on.
Diamond is essentially hard.
She sat on a hard chair.
It was as hard as rock.
Her belief in God is very firm.
This desk is made of hard wood.
She is firmly determined to own a store of her own.
Here are two pencils: one is hard, and the other soft.