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しぶとい (shibutoi) Japanese meaning: tenacious | Kotomora
JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation しぶとい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary しぶとい しぶとくない Polite しぶといです しぶとくないです also しぶとくありません Past polite しぶとかったです しぶとくなかったです also しぶとくありませんでした Past しぶとかった しぶとくなかった Te-form しぶとくて しぶとくなくて Adverbial しぶとく Conditional しぶとければ しぶとくなければ Tara conditional しぶとかったら しぶとくなかったら
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いち
度ど
決き
め
た
こと
は
最さい
後ご
まで
やり
抜ぬ
く
。
He's tenacious, so once he decides something, he sees it through to the end.
That team is tough; even when the score gap widens, they don't give up.
Usage patterns しぶとく 生い き 残のこ る to survive tenaciously
The company survived tenaciously even during the recession.
しぶとく 食く い 下さ がる to stubbornly keep pressing/hang on
He stubbornly kept pressing even under unfavorable conditions.
最さい 後ご までしぶとい to be tenacious/unyielding right to the end
She was tenacious to the very end and never gave up.
Related words 粘り強い describes calm, patient perseverance seen as admirable, while しぶとい suggests a tougher, more stubborn kind of persistence that can be seen positively or negatively.
頑固 means stubborn and inflexible, usually in a negative sense, whereas しぶとい emphasizes toughness and resilience that can be admired.
根強い describes deep-rooted, hard-to-eradicate beliefs or trends, while しぶとい is used more for a person's personal toughness or persistence.
たくましい praises robust, strong-willed resilience with a positive tone, while しぶとい can carry a hint of stubbornness or annoyance at someone's persistence.
Written forms しぶとい Usage 98%
Kana-only adjective; no kanji form is given.
シブトイ Usage 2%
Etymology The origin is uncertain. It may be related to 渋い (shibui, 'astringent, refined') with a suffix, but the exact derivation is unclear.
