凝こり固かたまる

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

coagulate; harden; stiffen

Describes liquids or soft substances becoming solid or stiff, often through cooling or chemical change. Sense 3 (stiffen) is a natural extension of the same physical process.

• 血ちが傷きず口ぐちで凝こり固かたまっていた。

  The blood had coagulated at the wound.

• 冷ひえたスープの脂あぶらが凝こり固かたまった。

  The fat in the cold soup had hardened.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be obsessed; be fanatical; be fixated

Figurative use: describes a person's mind or attitude becoming rigidly fixed on an idea, belief, or activity. Often used with に or で to indicate the object of obsession.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんの考かんがえに凝こり固かたまっていて、人ひとの意い見けんを聞きかない。

  He is so fixated on his own ideas that he won't listen to others.

• 趣しゅ味みに凝こり固かたまって、仕し事ごとが手てにつかない。

  He's so obsessed with his hobby that he can't focus on work.