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片意地を張る (かたいじをはる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

片かた意い地じを張はる

Meanings

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expression, godan verb (-ru)

be obstinate; be stubborn

Describes a person who stubbornly sticks to their own opinion or way, often unreasonably. The phrase carries a negative nuance of inflexibility.

彼かれは片かた意い地じを張はって、自じ分ぶんの意い見けんを変かえようとしなかった。
He was obstinate and wouldn't change his opinion.

そんなに片かた意い地じを張はらないで、少すこしは人ひとの話はなしも聞ききなさい。

Don't be so stubborn; listen to what others have to say a little.

Kanji

片one-sided, leaf, sheet
意idea, mind, heart
地ground, earth
張counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread

Similar words

意い地じを張はる
Similar meaning of being stubborn, but 片意地を張る emphasizes a more one-sided, unreasonable obstinacy.
頑がん固こ
A na-adjective meaning 'stubborn'; 片意地を張る is a verbal phrase describing the act of being stubborn.

Etymology

The phrase combines 片意地 (かたいじ), meaning 'one-sided stubbornness', with 張る (はる), 'to stick to' or 'to insist on'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.