硬い – Vocabulary details

硬かたい

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

hard like a rock

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thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn

let's put formalities aside; let's not speak so stiffly

体からだが硬かたいね。

Your body is stiff.

鉄てつは硬かたい。

Iron is hard.

池いけは硬かたく凍こおっていた。

The pond was frozen hard.

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