"頭が固い" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [a̠ta̠ma̠ ɡa̠ ka̠ta̠i]
Etymology: Compound of 頭(あたま) (atama, “head”) + が (ga, “subjective particle”) + 固(かた)い (katai, “hard, firm”). Literally, “head is hard”. Etymology templates: {{ja-com|頭|あたま|が||固い|かたい|t1=head|t2=subjective particle|t3=hard, firm}} 頭(あたま) (atama, “head”) + が (ga, “subjective particle”) + 固(かた)い (katai, “hard, firm”), {{m-g|head is hard}} “head is hard”, {{lit|head is hard}} Literally, “head is hard” Head templates: {{ja-adj|あたま が かたい|head=頭が固い|infl=i}} 頭(あたま)が固(かた)い • (atama ga katai) -i (adverbial 頭(あたま)が固(かた)く (atama ga 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=あたま が かた|lemma=頭が固|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 頭が固い [canonical] (ruby: (あたま), (かた)), atama ga katai [romanization], 頭が固く [adverbial] (ruby: (あたま), (かた)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 頭が固かろ [imperfective, stem], あたまがかたかろ [imperfective, stem], atama ga katakaro [imperfective], 頭が固く [continuative, stem], あたまがかたく [continuative, stem], atama ga kataku [continuative], 頭が固い [stem, terminative], あたまがかたい [stem, terminative], atama ga katai [terminative], 頭が固い [attributive, stem], あたまがかたい [attributive, stem], atama ga katai [attributive], 頭が固けれ [hypothetical, stem], あたまがかたけれ [hypothetical, stem], atama ga katakere [hypothetical], 頭が固かれ [imperative, stem], あたまがかたかれ [imperative, stem], atama ga katakare [imperative], 頭が固くない [informal, negative], あたまがかたくない [informal, negative], atama ga kataku nai [informal, negative], 頭が固かった [informal, past], あたまがかたかった [informal, past], atama ga katakatta [informal, past], 頭が固くなかった [informal, negative, past], あたまがかたくなかった [informal, negative, past], atama ga kataku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 頭が固いです [formal], あたまがかたいです [formal], atama ga katai desu [formal], 頭が固くないです [formal, negative], あたまがかたくないです [formal, negative], atama ga kataku nai desu [formal, negative], 頭が固かったです [formal, past], あたまがかたかったです [formal, past], atama ga katakatta desu [formal, past], 頭が固くなかったです [formal, negative, past], あたまがかたくなかったです [formal, negative, past], atama ga kataku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 頭が固くて [conjunctive], あたまがかたくて [conjunctive], atama ga katakute [conjunctive], 頭が固ければ [conditional], あたまがかたければ [conditional], atama ga katakereba [conditional], 頭が固かったら [conditional, past], あたまがかたかったら [conditional, past], atama ga katakattara [conditional, past], 頭が固かろう [volitional], あたまがかたかろう [volitional], atama ga katakarō [volitional], 頭が固く [adverbial], あたまがかたく [adverbial], atama ga kataku [adverbial], 頭が固さ [noun-from-adj], あたまがかたさ [noun-from-adj], atama ga katasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. hard-headed, stubborn, obstinate

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      "tags": [
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      "form": "頭が固く",
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      "form": "atama ga katai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
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      "form": "頭が固けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "atama ga katakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "atama ga katakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "頭が固くない",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "あたまがかたくない",
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      "form": "atama ga kataku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "頭が固かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga kataku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga kataku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga kataku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga kataku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "あたま が かたい",
        "head": "頭が固い",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "頭(あたま)が固(かた)い • (atama ga katai) -i (adverbial 頭(あたま)が固(かた)く (atama ga kataku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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": "あたま が かた",
        "lemma": "頭が固",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I wonder, why am I so stubborn?",
          "ref": "1992, Orihara Ichi, Nanatsu no hitsugi: Misshitsu satsujin ga ōsugiru [Seven coffins: Treasury of locked-room murder mysteries], page 8",
          "roman": "Dōshite, ore wa atama ga katai no darō.",
          "ruby": [
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              "俺",
              "おれ"
            ],
            [
              "頭",
              "あたま"
            ],
            [
              "固",
              "かた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "どうして、俺は頭が固いのだろう。"
        },
        {
          "english": "Even if that middle-aged person were hard headed, the case depends on whether that individual lacks flexibility in their thinking, or if all relationships in the workplace are hierarchical so that superiors forcibly dictate to inferiors what is right, which has strong implications for changing ways of thinking.",
          "ref": "2012 February 16, castle [username], “reply: Chūkōnen wa atama ga katakunaru”, in Hatena",
          "roman": "Karini sono chūkōnen no kata ga atama ga katakatta to shite, gohonnin no shikō ni jūnansei o kaketeiru kēsu na no ka, sono shokuba nari ningen kankei nari zentai de ue no hito ga shita ni bujiri i o shīteiru chikara kankei de mawarazaru o enakunatteiru kēsu na no ka de mo, zuibun to imi ai ga kawattekuru yō ni omoimasu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "仮",
              "かり"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "ちゅう"
            ],
            [
              "高",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "年",
              "ねん"
            ],
            [
              "方",
              "かた"
            ],
            [
              "頭",
              "あたま"
            ],
            [
              "固",
              "かた"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "思",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "考",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "柔",
              "じゅう"
            ],
            [
              "軟",
              "なん"
            ],
            [
              "性",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "欠",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "職",
              "しょく"
            ],
            [
              "場",
              "ば"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "げん"
            ],
            [
              "関",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "係",
              "けい"
            ],
            [
              "全",
              "ぜん"
            ],
            [
              "体",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "上",
              "うえ"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "下",
              "した"
            ],
            [
              "無",
              "ぶ"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "理",
              "り"
            ],
            [
              "意",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "強",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "力",
              "ちから"
            ],
            [
              "関",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "係",
              "けい"
            ],
            [
              "回",
              "まわ"
            ],
            [
              "得",
              "え"
            ],
            [
              "随",
              "ずい"
            ],
            [
              "分",
              "ぶん"
            ],
            [
              "意",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "味",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "合",
              "あ"
            ],
            [
              "変",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "思",
              "おも"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "仮にその中高年の方が頭が固かったとして、ご本人の思考に柔軟性を欠けているケースなのか、その職場なり人間関係なり全体で上の人が下に無事理意を強いている力関係で回らざるを得なくなっているケースなのかでも、随分と意味合いが変わってくるように思います。"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 February 6, “Naze toshi o toru to atama ga katakunaru no ka? [Why do people become stubborn as they get older?]”, in Ten minittsu TV",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "脳",
              "のう"
            ],
            [
              "研",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "究",
              "きゅう"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "しゃ"
            ],
            [
              "池",
              "いけ"
            ],
            [
              "谷",
              "がや"
            ],
            [
              "裕",
              "ゆう"
            ],
            [
              "二",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "氏",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "脳",
              "のう"
            ],
            [
              "経",
              "けい"
            ],
            [
              "年",
              "ねん"
            ],
            [
              "劣",
              "れっ"
            ],
            [
              "化",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "断",
              "だん"
            ],
            [
              "言",
              "げん"
            ],
            [
              "脳",
              "のう"
            ],
            [
              "内",
              "ない"
            ],
            [
              "科",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "医",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "加",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "藤",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "俊",
              "しゅん"
            ],
            [
              "徳",
              "とく"
            ],
            [
              "氏",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "脳",
              "のう"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "げん"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "なか"
            ],
            [
              "一",
              "いち"
            ],
            [
              "番",
              "ばん"
            ],
            [
              "寿",
              "じゅ"
            ],
            [
              "命",
              "みょう"
            ],
            [
              "長",
              "なが"
            ],
            [
              "器",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "官",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "鍛",
              "きた"
            ],
            [
              "続",
              "つづ"
            ],
            [
              "脳",
              "のう"
            ],
            [
              "歳",
              "さい"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "力",
              "ちから"
            ],
            [
              "持",
              "も"
            ],
            [
              "述",
              "の"
            ],
            [
              "頭",
              "あたま"
            ],
            [
              "脳",
              "のう"
            ],
            [
              "考",
              "かんが"
            ],
            [
              "年",
              "とし"
            ],
            [
              "取",
              "と"
            ],
            [
              "頭",
              "あたま"
            ],
            [
              "固",
              "かた"
            ],
            [
              "安",
              "あん"
            ],
            [
              "易",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "結",
              "むす"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "質",
              "しつ"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "誤",
              "あやま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "しかし、脳研究者の池谷裕二氏は「脳は経年劣化しない」と断言し、脳内科医の加藤俊徳氏も「脳は人間の中でも一番寿命が長い器官」「鍛え続ければ、脳は120歳まで生きる力を持っています」述べているように、「頭=脳」ととらえて考えてみると、「年を取る」と「頭が固くなる」を安易に結びつけることは、本質を見誤ることにつながりかねないようです。\nShikashi, nō kenkyūsha no Ikegaya Yūji-shi wa “nō wa keinen rekka shinai” to dangen shi, nō naikai no Katō Shuntoku-shi mo “nō wa ningen no naka de mo ichiban jumyō ga nagai kikan” “kitae tsuzukereba, nō wa 120-sai made ikiru chikara o motteimasu” nobeteiru yō ni, “atama-nō” to toraete kangaete miru to, “toshi o toru” to “atama ga katakunaru” o an'i ni musubi tsukeru koto wa, honshitsu o miayamaru koto ni tsunagari kanenai yō desu.\nBut brain researcher Ikegaya Yūji states, “Brains do not deteriorate over time,” and neurologist Kato Shuntoku explains, “The brain is the most long-lived organ in the body,” and “with continuous training, the brain can remain vigorous to age 120,” so to imagine that ‘head = brain’, casually linking ‘growing older’ and ‘growing obstinate’, risks misunderstanding the concept at work here."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hard-headed, stubborn, obstinate"
      ],
      "id": "en-頭が固い-ja-adj-17YvtNgN",
      "links": [
        [
          "hard-headed",
          "hard-headed"
        ],
        [
          "stubborn",
          "stubborn"
        ],
        [
          "obstinate",
          "obstinate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "あたまがかたい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ta̠ma̠ ɡa̠ ka̠ta̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "頭が固い"
}
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "clq": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? English: concrete-head (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? English: concrete-head (calque)"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "ja-com"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "head is hard"
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      "args": {
        "1": "head is hard"
      },
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      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of 頭(あたま) (atama, “head”) + が (ga, “subjective particle”) + 固(かた)い (katai, “hard, firm”). Literally, “head is hard”.",
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      "form": "頭が固い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "頭",
          "あたま"
        ],
        [
          "固",
          "かた"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固く",
      "roman": "atama ga kataku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "頭",
          "あたま"
        ],
        [
          "固",
          "かた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga kataku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga kataku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga kataku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga kataku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga kataku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga kataku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が固さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがかたさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga katasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "あたま が かたい",
        "head": "頭が固い",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "頭(あたま)が固(かた)い • (atama ga katai) -i (adverbial 頭(あたま)が固(かた)く (atama ga 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": "あたま が かた",
        "lemma": "頭が固",
        "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 adjectives",
        "Japanese compound terms",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
        "Japanese い-i adjectives"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I wonder, why am I so stubborn?",
          "ref": "1992, Orihara Ichi, Nanatsu no hitsugi: Misshitsu satsujin ga ōsugiru [Seven coffins: Treasury of locked-room murder mysteries], page 8",
          "roman": "Dōshite, ore wa atama ga katai no darō.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "俺",
              "おれ"
            ],
            [
              "頭",
              "あたま"
            ],
            [
              "固",
              "かた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "どうして、俺は頭が固いのだろう。"
        },
        {
          "english": "Even if that middle-aged person were hard headed, the case depends on whether that individual lacks flexibility in their thinking, or if all relationships in the workplace are hierarchical so that superiors forcibly dictate to inferiors what is right, which has strong implications for changing ways of thinking.",
          "ref": "2012 February 16, castle [username], “reply: Chūkōnen wa atama ga katakunaru”, in Hatena",
          "roman": "Karini sono chūkōnen no kata ga atama ga katakatta to shite, gohonnin no shikō ni jūnansei o kaketeiru kēsu na no ka, sono shokuba nari ningen kankei nari zentai de ue no hito ga shita ni bujiri i o shīteiru chikara kankei de mawarazaru o enakunatteiru kēsu na no ka de mo, zuibun to imi ai ga kawattekuru yō ni omoimasu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "仮",
              "かり"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "ちゅう"
            ],
            [
              "高",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "年",
              "ねん"
            ],
            [
              "方",
              "かた"
            ],
            [
              "頭",
              "あたま"
            ],
            [
              "固",
              "かた"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "思",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "考",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "柔",
              "じゅう"
            ],
            [
              "軟",
              "なん"
            ],
            [
              "性",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "欠",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "職",
              "しょく"
            ],
            [
              "場",
              "ば"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "げん"
            ],
            [
              "関",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "係",
              "けい"
            ],
            [
              "全",
              "ぜん"
            ],
            [
              "体",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "上",
              "うえ"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "下",
              "した"
            ],
            [
              "無",
              "ぶ"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "理",
              "り"
            ],
            [
              "意",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "強",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "力",
              "ちから"
            ],
            [
              "関",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "係",
              "けい"
            ],
            [
              "回",
              "まわ"
            ],
            [
              "得",
              "え"
            ],
            [
              "随",
              "ずい"
            ],
            [
              "分",
              "ぶん"
            ],
            [
              "意",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "味",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "合",
              "あ"
            ],
            [
              "変",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "思",
              "おも"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "仮にその中高年の方が頭が固かったとして、ご本人の思考に柔軟性を欠けているケースなのか、その職場なり人間関係なり全体で上の人が下に無事理意を強いている力関係で回らざるを得なくなっているケースなのかでも、随分と意味合いが変わってくるように思います。"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 February 6, “Naze toshi o toru to atama ga katakunaru no ka? [Why do people become stubborn as they get older?]”, in Ten minittsu TV",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "脳",
              "のう"
            ],
            [
              "研",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "究",
              "きゅう"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "しゃ"
            ],
            [
              "池",
              "いけ"
            ],
            [
              "谷",
              "がや"
            ],
            [
              "裕",
              "ゆう"
            ],
            [
              "二",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "氏",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "脳",
              "のう"
            ],
            [
              "経",
              "けい"
            ],
            [
              "年",
              "ねん"
            ],
            [
              "劣",
              "れっ"
            ],
            [
              "化",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "断",
              "だん"
            ],
            [
              "言",
              "げん"
            ],
            [
              "脳",
              "のう"
            ],
            [
              "内",
              "ない"
            ],
            [
              "科",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "医",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "加",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "藤",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "俊",
              "しゅん"
            ],
            [
              "徳",
              "とく"
            ],
            [
              "氏",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "脳",
              "のう"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "げん"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "なか"
            ],
            [
              "一",
              "いち"
            ],
            [
              "番",
              "ばん"
            ],
            [
              "寿",
              "じゅ"
            ],
            [
              "命",
              "みょう"
            ],
            [
              "長",
              "なが"
            ],
            [
              "器",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "官",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "鍛",
              "きた"
            ],
            [
              "続",
              "つづ"
            ],
            [
              "脳",
              "のう"
            ],
            [
              "歳",
              "さい"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "力",
              "ちから"
            ],
            [
              "持",
              "も"
            ],
            [
              "述",
              "の"
            ],
            [
              "頭",
              "あたま"
            ],
            [
              "脳",
              "のう"
            ],
            [
              "考",
              "かんが"
            ],
            [
              "年",
              "とし"
            ],
            [
              "取",
              "と"
            ],
            [
              "頭",
              "あたま"
            ],
            [
              "固",
              "かた"
            ],
            [
              "安",
              "あん"
            ],
            [
              "易",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "結",
              "むす"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "質",
              "しつ"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "誤",
              "あやま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "しかし、脳研究者の池谷裕二氏は「脳は経年劣化しない」と断言し、脳内科医の加藤俊徳氏も「脳は人間の中でも一番寿命が長い器官」「鍛え続ければ、脳は120歳まで生きる力を持っています」述べているように、「頭=脳」ととらえて考えてみると、「年を取る」と「頭が固くなる」を安易に結びつけることは、本質を見誤ることにつながりかねないようです。\nShikashi, nō kenkyūsha no Ikegaya Yūji-shi wa “nō wa keinen rekka shinai” to dangen shi, nō naikai no Katō Shuntoku-shi mo “nō wa ningen no naka de mo ichiban jumyō ga nagai kikan” “kitae tsuzukereba, nō wa 120-sai made ikiru chikara o motteimasu” nobeteiru yō ni, “atama-nō” to toraete kangaete miru to, “toshi o toru” to “atama ga katakunaru” o an'i ni musubi tsukeru koto wa, honshitsu o miayamaru koto ni tsunagari kanenai yō desu.\nBut brain researcher Ikegaya Yūji states, “Brains do not deteriorate over time,” and neurologist Kato Shuntoku explains, “The brain is the most long-lived organ in the body,” and “with continuous training, the brain can remain vigorous to age 120,” so to imagine that ‘head = brain’, casually linking ‘growing older’ and ‘growing obstinate’, risks misunderstanding the concept at work here."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hard-headed, stubborn, obstinate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hard-headed",
          "hard-headed"
        ],
        [
          "stubborn",
          "stubborn"
        ],
        [
          "obstinate",
          "obstinate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "あたまがかたい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ta̠ma̠ ɡa̠ ka̠ta̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "頭が固い"
}

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