Illustration: At a supervised materials table in a Japanese science museum, a child presses one palm onto a smooth steel block and the other onto an equally sized sponge block. The sponge squashes dramatically beneath the hand, while the steel keeps its crisp shape without a dent.

JLPT N4i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

硬かたい

katai

hard

硬い is common for hard materials such as metal. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 鉄てつは硬かたい。

    Iron is hard.

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  2. 卵たまごは硬かたくゆでてください。

    Boil the eggs hard.

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  3. ダイヤモンドほど硬かたいものはない。

    Nothing is as hard as a diamond.

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Kanji in 硬

  • 硬stiff; hardOnコウKunかたい

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