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固かたい

Hiragana
かたい
Hepburn romanization
Pitch accent
Adjective

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

This chair is made of stiff wood, so if you sit on it for a long time, your butt starts to hurt.

Word Forms

The basic and commonly used forms of this adjective.

Basic forms
Form Word form Usage
Imperfective form (mizenkei) Used in forms such as karou; mainly literary.
Continuative form (renyokei)
Alternative: 固かっ
Used in forms such as kute and kunai.
Conclusive form (shushikei) Ends a sentence.
Attributive form (rentaikei) Modifies a noun.
Conditional form (kateikei) Expresses a condition with kereba.
Imperative form (meireikei) Rarely used in modern Japanese.
Common forms
Form Word form Usage
Te-form Connects clauses with kute.
Ta-form Expresses the past with katta.
Nai-form Expresses negation with kunai.
Ba-form Expresses a condition with kereba.
Notes
  • 「硬い」「堅い」と表記される同語系のイ形容詞。
  • 命令形「固かれ」は現代語では文語的・稀。

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