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45 硬い Stiff

Alternative Meanings

Hard

Part of Speech

い adjective

Reading

かたい

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

なんて硬いベーコンなんだと思ってたら、夢を見ながらスマートフォンを噛んでたみたいなのよね。どうりて硬いはずだわさ。

I thought that it was the hardest bacon I’d ever had, but it was a dream and it seemed that I was biting my smartphone. No wonder it was so hard.

Meaning Explanation

This is a single kanji with an い on the end, meaning you know it's probably an adjective. What's the adjective form of stiff? It's stiff.

Reading Explanation

The reading is the same as a very similar word, 固い. So, if you can use that word to help you to remember, you'll remember the reading of this word in no time as well!

Utilized Kanji

  • 硬
    • こう
    • Stiff
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