Illustration: Outside a neighborhood shop during steady rain, an older man stands with folded arms, chin lifted and his wet jacket dripping. His wife holds a large open umbrella over the dry space immediately beside him and patiently gestures for him to step underneath.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

頑かたくな

katakuna

stubborn, obstinate

Example sentences

地図ちずを見みせても、父ちちは頑かたくなに同おなじ道みちを選えらんだ。
Even after I showed him the map, my father stubbornly chose the same route.
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頑かたくなな店主てんしゅは、予約よやくを受うけ付つけない。
The stubborn shop owner refuses to take reservations.
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彼女かのじょは頑かたくなに一人ひとりでやると言いい張はった。
She stubbornly insisted on doing it alone.
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Kanji in 頑

頑stubborn; foolishOnガンKunかたくな

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