Illustration: Outside a neighborhood woodworking shop, a carpenter inspects a newly assembled wooden bench carrying two adults and a heavy basket of garden stones. Its thick wooden legs stay square, its fitted joints remain tight, and its seat stays level under the combined load.

JLPT N4i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

堅かたい

katai

hard, solid, sturdy

堅い often describes sturdiness; 硬い and 固い are used in other contexts. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. その機械きかいの骨組ほねぐみは堅かたくなければならない。

    The frame of the machine should be rigid.

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  2. このベッドは堅かたくて眠ねむれない。

    This bed is too hard to sleep in.

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  3. この肉にくは固かたいですね。

    The meat is tough.

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Kanji in 堅

  • 堅strict; hardOnケンKunかたい

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