Illustration: In a neighborhood shopping street, customers of three generations queue at a tiny, worn taiyaki shop whose counter edge has been polished smooth by years of use. Across the passage, a newly opened dessert shop has elegant equipment and empty stools.

JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

根ね強づよい

nezuyoi

deep-rooted, persistent

Example sentences

  1. 現在げんざいでもこの風習ふうしゅうは根強ねづよく残のこっている。

    This custom remains deeply rooted at present.

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

  2. しかし現実げんじつには社会的しゃかいてきな差別さべつは根強ねづよく残存ざんそんしていた。

    The reality, however, was that there existed a deep-rooted discrimination in the society.

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

  3. 現代げんだいにおいても弁当べんとうの惣菜そうざいとして人気にんきがあり、子供こどもたちからの人気にんきは根強ねづよい。

    Tamagoyaki remains a popular food among children even today, and a favorite choice of foods used in school lunch boxes.

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

Kanji in 根強

  • 根root; head (pimple)OnコンKunね
  • 強strongOnキョウ・ゴウKunつよい・つよまる・つよめる

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