Illustration: During a table tennis match in a community gym, a smaller, exhausted player lunges from far beyond the table to return a ball that seemed impossible to reach. His shirt is damp, one knee support has slipped and his cheeks puff with effort, yet his eyes remain fiercely attentive.

JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

しぶとい

shibutoi

tenacious, hard to defeat

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは結構けっこうしぶといね。転ころんでもただでは起おきぬ、いい根性こんじょうしているよ。

    He’s a tenacious guy who always manages to come out on top. He’s the kind of guy who can turn any situation to his advantage.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 乳酸菌にゅうさんきんはかなりしぶとい菌きんで、冷凍れいとうしても単たんに冬眠とうみんするだけで、解凍かいとうすればそのまま復活ふっかつさせることができます。

    Lactic-acid bacilli are such unyielding bacteria that, even if frozen, they would simply hibernate and can restore themselves as if they came back to life.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 先日せんじつしぶとい風邪かぜを引ひき、 一週間以上悩いっしゅうかんいじょうなやまされました。

    I caught a stubborn cold the other day, and it bothered me for over a week.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

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