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固い
Hiragana
かたい
Adjective
Japanese Meaning
硬い: 力がかかっても物理的な形状や外観を保つ: 堅い / 固い: 他の影響下でも形状や動作を保つ: 硬い、しっかりした
Easy Japanese Meaning
しっかりしていて、やわらかくない。かたちややりかたがかわりにくい。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
坚硬的 / 坚固、牢靠的 / 死板、拘谨的
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
堅固的；牢固的 / 僵硬的；不易改變的（態度、做法） / 拘謹的；過於正式的（用語、舉止）
Korean Meaning
견고한, 단단한 / 확고한, 굳은 (태도·의지) / 딱딱하고 형식적인 (말투·태도)
Vietnamese Meaning
cứng, rắn chắc / vững chắc, khó thay đổi / nghiêm, trang trọng, cứng nhắc
Tagalog Meaning
matigas / matatag / mahigpit
Sense（1）
硬い: keeping its physical shape or appearance under a force: stiff
Sense（2）
固い: keeping its shape or behaviour even under other influences: hard, firm
Sense（3）
堅い: keeping its shape or behaviour by its excellent quality: rigid, serious
Sense（4）
難い: hard to do, difficult
（ romanization ）
（ adverbial ）
Quizzes for review
硬い: keeping its physical shape or appearance under a force: stiff / 固い: keeping its shape or behaviour even under other influences: hard, firm
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固い
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This bread is hard.
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このパンは固いです。
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