hard-boiled

Adjective

of a boiled egg of a person

(of a boiled egg) Cooked to a solid consistency. / (of a person, especially a detective) Callous and unsentimental.

Japanese Meaning

茹で卵などが、完全に火が通って固まった状態を指す / 特に探偵など、人間の心情や情に左右されずに冷徹で無情な性格や態度を指す

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I packed a hard-boiled egg for lunch.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

昼食に固茹での卵を入れました。

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Sense（1）

(of a boiled egg) Cooked to a solid consistency.

Sense（2）

(of a person, especially a detective) Callous and unsentimental.

He told me afterward that he tried to find his folks and square himself—and maybe it was the truth—but some of the hard-boiled townspeople found him, instead, and he had a running fight all the way to the depot.

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Sense（3）

(literature, especially detective fiction) Written in a laconic, dispassionate, often ironic style for a realistic, unsentimental effect.

more hard-boiled

（ comparative ）

most hard-boiled

（ superlative ）

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