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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

頑がん強きょう

gankyou

stubborn, unyielding

Example sentences

  1. 当局とうきょくは地域住民ちいきじゅうみんの頑強がんきょうな抵抗ていこうにあった。

    The authorities met with unyielding opposition from the locals.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 官軍かんぐんを相手あいてに忠常ただつねは頑強がんきょうに抵抗ていこうした。

    Tadatsune put up stubborn resistance to the government army.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 淀殿よどどのが我わが子こかわいさのために頑強がんきょうに首くびを縦たてに振ふらなかったと言いわれている。

    It is said that Yodo-dono opposed strongly because of her love for her son.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 頑強

  • 頑stubborn; foolishOnガンKunかたくな
  • 強strongOnキョウ・ゴウKunつよい・つよまる・つよめる

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