Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
Grade: S

Etymology edit

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "硬い"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 硬く たく [kàtákú]
Terminal (終止形) 硬い たい
[kàtáí]
[kàtáꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 硬い たい [kàtáí]
Key constructions
Informal negative 硬くない たくな [kàtákúnáꜜì]
Informal past 硬かった かった [kàtáꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 硬くなかった たくなかった [kàtákúnáꜜkàttà]
Formal 硬いです いです [kàtáꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 硬くて くて [kàtáꜜkùtè]
Conditional 硬ければ ければ [kàtáꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective edit

(かた) (katai-i (adverbial (かた) (kataku))

  1. Keeping a material's shape that does not crack or break apart; hard.
    その研究所(けんきゅうじょ)C60(シーろくじゅう)ナノ・ロッドを使(つか)ってダイヤモンドより(かた)材料(ざいりょう)開発(かいはつ)した。
    Sono kenkyūjo wa shī-rokujū nano roddo o tsukatte daiyamondo yori katai zairyō o kaihatsu shita.
    The lab developed a harder material than a diamond by using C60 nano-rods.
  2. Keeping one's appearance or facial expression; serious.
    緊張(きんちょう)していたのだろうか、(かれ)(かた)表情(ひょうじょう)をして法廷(ほうてい)(はい)ってきた。
    Kinchō shite ita no darō ka, kare wa katai hyōjō o shite hōtei ni haitte kita.
    Perhaps because he was nervous, he entered the courtroom with a serious expression.

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References edit

  1. ^ 堅・硬・固”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000