obstinate; stubborn; narrow-minded
Osaka dialect word for a stubborn, inflexible, or narrow-minded person. Archaic in standard Japanese, but still used in Kansai region.
That person is really stubborn, isn't he? (Osaka dialect)
With a narrow-minded way of thinking, you can't do new things. (Osaka dialect)
Usually written in kana; katakana spelling is common for this dialectal word.
Kanji form is rare and mainly found in older texts; the word is usually written in kana.
Dialectal variant of standard Japanese 偏屈 (へんくつ) or related to 偏 (へん, 'biased') + 固 (こ, 'hard'), but the exact derivation is uncertain.