固

Meaning

固 centers on becoming firm and stable: hardening, setting, clotting, or curdling. It describes a change from a softer or more fluid state into a solid, fixed form.

• 固定こてい
  N1

  fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); securing; anchoring; fastening down

• 固めかため

  hardening; fortifying

• 固まるかたまる
  N2

  to harden; to solidify

• 固有こゆう
  N1

  characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); endemic; unique (to); native (to); intrinsic

• 頑固がんこ
  N2

  stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

• 強固きょうこ

  firm; strong; solid; stable

• 固執こしつ
  N1

  sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence

• 断固だんこ
  N1

  firm; determined; resolute; conclusive

• 固めるかためる
  N2

  to harden; to freeze; to strengthen; to solidify; to make (a fist); to tramp down (snow, dirt)

• 凝固ぎょうこ

  coagulation; freezing; solidification

• 固体こたい
  N1

  solid (body); solid matter; solid-state

• 固形こけい
  N1

  solid (body)

• 固有名詞こゆうめいし

  proper noun

• 堅固けんご

  solid; strong; firm

• 固着こちゃく

  adherence; sticking (to); fixation

• 意固地いこじ

  obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse

• 固めかため

  somewhat hard; somewhat firm; fairly hard; on the hard side

• 確固かっこ

  firm; unshakeable; resolute

• 固化こか

  solidification

• 警固けいご

  watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert

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