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stiff, hard

Kunかた.い
Onコウ

Radicals

Common words

  • 硬いかたい
    hard, solid, tough, stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing), strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved), safe, steady, honest, steadfast, obstinate, stubborn, bookish, formal, stuffy
  • 硬貨こうか
    coin, hard currency
  • 硬さかたさ
    firmness, hardness, stiffness, honesty
  • 硬化こうか
    hardening, vulcanization, vulcanisation, sclerosis, curing, hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.), stiffening, toughening, upturn (in the market), firming up
  • 強硬きょうこう
    firm, strong, unbending, unyielding, uncompromising, stubborn, tough, hard-line
  • 硬派こうは
    hard-liners, diehards, hawks, (young) man with traditionally masculine interests, tough boy, man's man, hard news, reporter who covers political and economic affairs, strait-laced type (with respect to relationships), bullish traders
  • 硬度こうど
    hardness, solidity
  • 硬直こうちょく
    stiffening, rigidity, rigor, stiffness, ossification, petrification
  • 肝硬変かんこうへん
    cirrhosis (of the liver)
  • 動脈硬化どうみゃくこうか
    arteriosclerosis, hardening of the arteries
  • 硬質こうしつ
    hardness, stiffness
  • 硬式こうしき
    hard (esp. of hardball, tennis, etc.)
  • 硬軟こうなん
    hardness and softness, hard line and moderate line
  • 硬筆こうひつ
    pen or pencil
  • 硬骨こうこつ
    bone, firmness (of character), backbone, unyielding spirit