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Sentence

This bread is a little hard, but it is delicious.

Related words

かたい

Kanji
堅い / 固い / 硬い
Adjective

hard / tight / strong; firm / strict / inflexible

This bread is a little hard, but it is delicious.

Word Forms

The basic and commonly used forms of this adjective.

Basic forms
Form Word form Usage
Imperfective form (mizenkei)
Alternative: 固かろ 硬かろ 堅かろ
Used in forms such as karou; mainly literary.
Continuative form (renyokei)
Alternative: 固く 硬く 堅く
Used in forms such as kute and kunai.
Conclusive form (shushikei)
Alternative: 固い 硬い 堅い
Ends a sentence.
Attributive form (rentaikei)
Alternative: 固い 硬い 堅い
Modifies a noun.
Conditional form (kateikei)
Alternative: 固けれ 硬けれ 堅けれ
Expresses a condition with kereba.
Imperative form (meireikei)
Alternative: 固かれ 硬かれ 堅かれ
Rarely used in modern Japanese.
Common forms
Form Word form Usage
Te-form
Alternative: 固くて 硬くて 堅くて
Connects clauses with kute.
Ta-form
Alternative: 固かった 硬かった 堅かった
Expresses the past with katta.
Nai-form
Alternative: 固くない 硬くない 堅くない
Expresses negation with kunai.
Ba-form
Alternative: 固ければ 硬ければ 堅ければ
Expresses a condition with kereba.

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