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JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

粘ねばり強づよい

nebarizuyoi

persistent, tenacious

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは粘ねばり強づよい精神せいしんの持もち主ぬしだ。

    He has a spirit of tenacity.

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  2. 粘ねばり強づよい守もりで逃にげ切きった。

    They managed to hold thanks to a tenacious defense.

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  3. 義久よしひさは戦後処理せんごしょりとして徳川家康とくがわいえやすと粘ねばり強づよい交渉こうしょうを行おこない、結果的けっかてきに島津氏しまづしは本領安堵ほんりょうあんどという破格はかくの処置しょちを受うけることとなった。

    After the battle, Yoshihisa negotiated diligently with Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, securing preferential treatment in the form of granted assurance of continued dominion over the territory under control of the Shimazu clan.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 粘強

  • 粘sticky; glutinousOnネンKunねばる
  • 強strongOnキョウ・ゴウKunつよい・つよまる・つよめる

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