Results, stiff

ギスギスGISUGISU・ぎすぎすgisugisu Inflection

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

  • stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; unsociable; edgy - onomatopoeia
  • thin and bony; scrawny - onomatopoeia
ごわごわgowagowa《強強ateji・強々》ゴワゴワGOWAGOWA Inflection

adjectival noun / adverb / ~する noun:

  • stiff; starchy - onomatopoeia
粘っこい☆【ねばっこいnebakkoi】 Inflection

adjective:

  • sticky; stiff; tenacious; persistent
しかつめらしいshikatsumerashii《鹿爪らしい》 Inflection

adjective:

  • formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave
かしこまったkashikomatta《畏まった》

noun or verb acting prenominally:

ぎこちないgikochinai☆・ぎごちないgigochinai Inflection

adjective:

  • awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
強い【こわいkowai】 Inflection

adjective:

  • tough; stiff; hard
  • inflexible; obstinate; stubborn
強靭☆【きょうじんkyoujin】強靱・強じん Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
ギクシャクGIKUSHAKU・ぎくしゃくgikushaku Inflection

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

  • awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; stilted - onomatopoeia
  • strained (relations); sour - onomatopoeia
堅苦しい☆【かたくるしいkatakurushii・かたぐるしいkatagurushiiirr.】固苦しい☆irr. Inflection

adjective:

  • formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff

堅苦しいkatakurushiiことkotoはhaぬきnukiにniしましょうshimashou。 Let's dispense with formalities.

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硬い☆【かたいkatai】固い☆・堅い☆・緊いirr. Inflection

adjective:

  • hard; solid; tough - esp. 固い and 堅い for wood, 硬い for metal and stone
  • stiff; tight; wooden; unpolished (e.g. writing)
  • strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved)
  • safe; steady; honest; steadfast
  • obstinate; stubborn
  • bookish; formal; stuffy Antonym: 砕けた

このkono肉nikuはha固いkataiですdesuねne。 The meat is tough.

固いkataiことkoto言うiuなnaよyo。 You don't have to be so formal.

堅いkatai書き物kakimonoはha大嫌いdaikiraiだda。 I utterly despise formal writing!

ガチガチGACHIGACHI・がちがちgachigachi Inflection

~と adverb:

  • chattering (teeth) - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

  • (frozen, worried) stiff - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

  • rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; overly serious - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~の noun:

  • voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause - onomatopoeia
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窮屈☆【きゅうくつkyuukutsu】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • narrow; tight; cramped
  • formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious; rigid
  • constrained; uncomfortable
  • tight (e.g. finances)

列車resshaのnoコンパートメントKONPAATOMENTOはhaすぐsugu窮屈kyuukutsuになるninaru。 Train compartments soon get cramped.

非の打ち所がないhinouchidokoroganai計画keikakuはha、窮屈kyuukutsuだdaなあnaa。 A faultless plan is stifling, isn't it.

ばりばりbaribari☆・バリバリBARIBARI Inflection

adjectival noun / adverb / noun:

  • tearing; ripping; scratching - onomatopoeia
  • crunching; munching - onomatopoeia
  • stiff; starchy; crisp - onomatopoeia
  • (working) hard; actively; vigorously; energetically - onomatopoeia
  • making loud noises in succession (firing bullets, vehicle revving up, etc.) - onomatopoeia
  • crackling (electricity) - onomatopoeia
カチカチKACHIKACHI・コチコチKOCHIKOCHI・カチコチKACHIKOCHI・かちかちkachikachi☆・こちこちkochikochi☆・かちこちkachikochi Inflection

~と adverb / adverb:

  • ticktock - onomatopoeia
  • chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; clicking; clacking; clattering - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun:

  • dry and hard; (frozen) stiff - onomatopoeia
  • hidebound; die-hard; stubborn; obstinate; bigoted - onomatopoeia
  • scared stiff; tense; nervous; frightened - onomatopoeia
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きっとkitto☆《屹度ateji・急度ateji》キッとKItto

adverb:

  • surely; undoubtedly; almost certainly; most likely (e.g. 90 percent) - onomatopoeia
  • sternly; severely - esp. キッと - onomatopoeia
  • having no slack; rigid; stiff; tight - onomatopoeia
  • suddenly; abruptly; instantly - onomatopoeia - archaism

でもdemoよーyou、オラORAのnoおとうさんotousanはha良いyoi気kiしねーshineeよyo、きっとkitto。 But I don't think Dad would like me to.

「高いtakai所tokoroってtte、あたしatashiはha好きsukiだdaなぁnaa。あたしatashiってtte、前世zenseiはhaきっとkitto・・・飛行機hikoukiだったdattaのnoかなkana？」「普通futsuu、そこsokoはha鳥toriでしょうdeshouがga」 "I rather like heights. You know, in my last life I must have been ... an aeroplane?" "Usually that would be 'bird' there."

スクエアSUKUEA☆・スクエアーSUKUEAA・スクェアSUKYEA・スクェアーSUKYEAA・スクゥエアSUKUUEAirr.・スクゥエアーSUKUUEAAirr. Inflection

noun:

  • square (shape)
  • square (open space)

adjectival noun:

  • formal; methodical; correct; strict; stiff

noun:

こりこりkorikori Inflection

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

  • crisp (like a pickle); crunchy - onomatopoeia
  • firm (musculature) - onomatopoeia
  • stiff (shoulders, neck, etc.) - onomatopoeia
凝る☆【こるkoru】 Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to grow stiff
  • to be absorbed in; to be devoted to; to be a fanatic; to elaborate

彼kareのno聞くkiku音楽ongakuとtoいったらittara肩kataのno凝るkoruものmonoばかりbakariだda。 He always listens to serious music.

最近saikinはhaどんなdonna物monoにni凝っているkotteiruのno？ What are you into these days?

肩こり☆【かたこりkatakori】肩凝り☆

noun:

  • stiff neck; stiff shoulders

肩こりkatakoriがgaひどいhidoiのですnodesu。 I have a bad stiff neck.

ガビガビGABIGABI・がびがびgabigabi Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • dried stiff (esp. of something sticky) - colloquialism
固練りコンクリート【かたねりコンクリートkataneriKONKURIITO】

noun:

  • stiff-consistency concrete
ごわつくgowatsuku《強つく》ゴワつくGOWAtsuku Inflection

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

干し固める【ほしかためるhoshikatameru】 Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to dry until stiff
固くなる【かたくなるkatakunaru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to become stiff; to tense
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Kanji

硬

コウKOU・かたいkata.i

stiff; hard

凝

ギョウGYOU・こるko.ru・こらすko.rasu・こごらすkogo.rasu・こごらせるkogo.raseru・こごるkogo.ru

congeal; freeze; stiff; be absorbed in


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