Illustration: At a home kitchen counter, a man strains to unscrew a stubborn jar lid, cheeks tight and elbows braced. His partner calmly offers a rubber jar opener directly beside his hands. He turns his chin away and raises one finger to refuse assistance, keeping his other hand clamped around the jar.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

意い地じ

iji

stubbornness, pride

Example sentences

意地いじでも謝あやまらない人ひとっているよね？
Some people will really just do whatever it takes to not apologize, huh?
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意地いじを張はれば張はるほど、孤立こりつするよ。
The more stubborn you are, the more isolated you become.
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いつまでも意地いじを張はってないで、いい加減彼かげんかれと仲直なかなおりしたらどうなの？
Why don’t you quit being so stubborn and instead try to make up with him?
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Kanji in 意地

意idea; mindOnイ
地ground; earthOnチ・ジ

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