"固い" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [ka̠ta̠i]
Head templates: {{ja-adj|かたい|infl=i}} 固(かた)い • (katai) -i (adverbial 固(かた)く (kataku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=かた|lemma=固|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 固い [canonical] (ruby: (かた)), katai [romanization], 固く [adverbial] (ruby: (かた)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 固かろ [imperfective, stem], かたかろ [imperfective, stem], katakaro [imperfective], 固く [continuative, stem], かたく [continuative, stem], kataku [continuative], 固い [stem, terminative], かたい [stem, terminative], katai [terminative], 固い [attributive, stem], かたい [attributive, stem], katai [attributive], 固けれ [hypothetical, stem], かたけれ [hypothetical, stem], katakere [hypothetical], 固かれ [imperative, stem], かたかれ [imperative, stem], katakare [imperative], 固くない [informal, negative], かたくない [informal, negative], kataku nai [informal, negative], 固かった [informal, past], かたかった [informal, past], katakatta [informal, past], 固くなかった [informal, negative, past], かたくなかった [informal, negative, past], kataku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 固いです [formal], かたいです [formal], katai desu [formal], 固くないです [formal, negative], かたくないです [formal, negative], kataku nai desu [formal, negative], 固かったです [formal, past], かたかったです [formal, past], katakatta desu [formal, past], 固くなかったです [formal, negative, past], かたくなかったです [formal, negative, past], kataku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 固くて [conjunctive], かたくて [conjunctive], katakute [conjunctive], 固ければ [conditional], かたければ [conditional], katakereba [conditional], 固かったら [conditional, past], かたかったら [conditional, past], katakattara [conditional, past], 固かろう [volitional], かたかろう [volitional], katakarō [volitional], 固く [adverbial], かたく [adverbial], kataku [adverbial], 固さ [noun-from-adj], かたさ [noun-from-adj], katasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. hard
    Sense id: en-固い-ja-adj-7VRluSIN
  2. tight
    Sense id: en-固い-ja-adj-kitT6oN-
  3. strong; firm
    Sense id: en-固い-ja-adj-nRrwNvDX Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 67 24 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 2 2 78 15 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 2 80 13 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 2 2 81 12 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 2 2 81 13 2
  4. strict
    Sense id: en-固い-ja-adj-OjEn9eoC
  5. inflexible
    Sense id: en-固い-ja-adj-9DYdz4kI

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yawarakai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "柔",
          "やわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "柔らかい"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yurui",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "緩",
          "ゆる"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "緩い"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "固い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "固",
          "かた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固く",
      "roman": "kataku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "固",
          "かた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かたい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "固(かた)い • (katai) -i (adverbial 固(かた)く (kataku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "かた",
        "lemma": "固",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a hard substance",
          "roman": "katai busshitsu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "固",
              "かた"
            ],
            [
              "物質",
              "ぶっしつ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "固い物質"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hard"
      ],
      "id": "en-固い-ja-adj-7VRluSIN",
      "links": [
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a tight knot",
          "roman": "katai musubime",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "固",
              "かた"
            ],
            [
              "結",
              "むす"
            ],
            [
              "目",
              "め"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "固い結び目"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tight"
      ],
      "id": "en-固い-ja-adj-kitT6oN-",
      "links": [
        [
          "tight",
          "tight"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 67 24 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 78 15 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 80 13 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 81 12 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 81 13 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a firm belief",
          "roman": "katai shinnen",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "固",
              "かた"
            ],
            [
              "信念",
              "しんねん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "固い信念"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "strong; firm"
      ],
      "id": "en-固い-ja-adj-nRrwNvDX",
      "links": [
        [
          "strong",
          "strong"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a strict rule",
          "roman": "katai kisoku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "固",
              "かた"
            ],
            [
              "規則",
              "きそく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "固い規則"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "strict"
      ],
      "id": "en-固い-ja-adj-OjEn9eoC"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "固",
              "かた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "あの人は固すぎる\nano hito wa katasugiru\nHe is too straitlaced."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflexible"
      ],
      "id": "en-固い-ja-adj-9DYdz4kI"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かたい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠ta̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "固い"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yawarakai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "柔",
          "やわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "柔らかい"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yurui",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "緩",
          "ゆる"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "緩い"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "固い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "固",
          "かた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固く",
      "roman": "kataku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "固",
          "かた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "固さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かたい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "固(かた)い • (katai) -i (adverbial 固(かた)く (kataku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "かた",
        "lemma": "固",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a hard substance",
          "roman": "katai busshitsu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "固",
              "かた"
            ],
            [
              "物質",
              "ぶっしつ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "固い物質"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hard"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a tight knot",
          "roman": "katai musubime",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "固",
              "かた"
            ],
            [
              "結",
              "むす"
            ],
            [
              "目",
              "め"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "固い結び目"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tight"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tight",
          "tight"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a firm belief",
          "roman": "katai shinnen",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "固",
              "かた"
            ],
            [
              "信念",
              "しんねん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "固い信念"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "strong; firm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strong",
          "strong"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a strict rule",
          "roman": "katai kisoku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "固",
              "かた"
            ],
            [
              "規則",
              "きそく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "固い規則"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "strict"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "固",
              "かた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "あの人は固すぎる\nano hito wa katasugiru\nHe is too straitlaced."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflexible"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かたい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠ta̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "固い"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "固い"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "固い",
  "trace": ""
}

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