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固執 (こしつ, koshitsu) Japanese meaning: stick to | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 固執する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 固こ 執しつ する 固こ 執しつ しない Polite 固こ 執しつ します 固こ 執しつ しません Past polite 固こ 執しつ しました 固こ 執しつ しませんでした Past 固こ 執しつ した 固こ 執しつ しなかった Te-form 固こ 執しつ して 固こ 執しつ しないで Desire 固こ 執しつ したい 固こ 執しつ したくない Potential 固こ 執しつ できる 固こ 執しつ できない Passive 固こ 執しつ される 固こ 執しつ されない Causative 固こ 執しつ させる 固こ 執しつ させない Causative passive 固こ 執しつ させられる 固こ 執しつ させられない Volitional 固こ 執しつ しよう Polite volitional 固こ 執しつ しましょう Imperative 固こ 執しつ しろ 固こ 執しつ するな Conditional 固こ 執しつ すれば 固こ 執しつ しなければ Tara conditional 固こ 執しつ したら 固こ 執しつ しなかったら
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彼かれ は 自じ 分ぶん の 意い 見けん に 固こ 執しつ し て 譲ゆず ら なかっ た 。
He stuck to his opinion and wouldn't budge.
Clinging to old customs hinders progress.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 に 固こ 執しつ する to stubbornly insist on something (an opinion, belief, etc.)
He stubbornly stuck to his own opinion and wouldn't listen to others.
〈 物もの 〉 に 固こ 執しつ する to cling stubbornly to an old method, plan, or way of doing things
Kanji 執 tenacious, take hold, grasp Related words· 6 執着 describes a strong emotional attachment or obsession to a person or thing, while 固執 refers to stubbornly maintaining an opinion, belief, or stance.
拘泥 means to fuss over or be needlessly bound by trivial details, whereas 固執 is about stubbornly insisting on a broader opinion or principle.
こだわり often has a positive or neutral sense of being particular about something, while 固執 usually carries a negative connotation of unreasonable stubbornness.
頑固 is an adjective describing a stubborn personality trait, while 固執 is a noun/suru-verb describing the act of stubbornly clinging to a specific idea.
Show 2 more 固執する stresses stubbornly clinging to one's own opinion or method, while 拘る can also describe fixating on trivial external details.
固執 carries a negative nuance of stubbornly clinging to an opinion even when unreasonable, while 堅持 is more neutral or positive, describing firm principled commitment.
Opposites 妥協 means to compromise or make concessions, the opposite of 固執, which means to stubbornly refuse to yield.
固執 means stubbornly sticking to one's position, the opposite of 譲歩, which means yielding ground.
Etymology Compound of 固 (firm, stubborn) and 執 (hold, grasp). The reading こしつ is the standard Sino-Japanese on'yomi; こしゅう is a rare historical variant.
Let's try a new method instead of clinging to the old way.
