Illustration: In a small Japanese bakery, an older baker folds his arms and turns his face away from a younger colleague's demonstration. The colleague has produced an evenly mixed dough with a compact mixer and holds a piece beside an equally good hand-kneaded sample, inviting him to examine both.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

凝こり固かたまる

korikatamaru

to become fixed in one’s views

Example sentences

父ちちは昔むかしからの考かんがえに凝こり固かたまっている。
My father is stuck in his old ways of thinking.
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一ひとつの方法ほうほうに凝こり固かたまらず、別べつの方法ほうほうも試ためそう。
Let’s try other methods instead of fixating on one.
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上司じょうしは自分じぶんの意見いけんに凝こり固かたまり、提案ていあんを聞きかなかった。
The manager was so fixed in their views that they wouldn’t listen to suggestions.
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Kanji in 凝固

凝congeal; freezeOnギョウKunこる・こらす・こごらす
固harden; setOnコKunかためる・かたまる・かたまり

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