Illustration: An exhausted dog owner has sunk onto the entryway step after a long walk, one shoe off and a towel around his neck. His dog presses the walking leash into his hand again, leaning insistently forward.

JLPT N2i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

しつこい

shitsukoi

persistent, insistent

Example sentences

  1. ここにしつこい痛いたみがあります。

    I have a persistent pain here.

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  2. 彼かれはしつこく退職たいしょくを迫せまられました。

    He was hounded into quitting.

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  3. しつこいせきが出でて、なかなか治なおりません。

    I have a persistent cough.

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