業ごう突つく張ばり

na-adjective, noun

stubbornness; pigheadedness; pigheaded person

Describes a person who is extremely stubborn and unyielding. Can refer to the trait itself or a person with that trait. Often used critically.

• 彼かれは業ごう突つく張ばりで、一いち度ど言いい出だしたら絶ぜっ対たいに曲まげない。

  He is so stubborn that once he says something, he never backs down.

• あの業ごう突つく張ばりには何なにを言いっても無む駄だだ。

  It's no use saying anything to that pigheaded person.

na-adjective, noun

miser; stingy person

Refers to a person who is extremely stingy or tight-fisted with money. This sense is less common than the stubbornness sense and may be considered old-fashioned.

• 祖そ父ふは業ごう突つく張ばりで、一いち円えんたりとも無む駄だにしなかった。

  My grandfather was a miser who wouldn't waste even a single yen.