執念しゅうねい

i-adjective

stubborn; persistent

Obsolete adjective related to 執念 (しゅうねん, tenacity). Used in older texts for someone who is stubbornly persistent or tenacious. In modern Japanese, しつこい or 執念深い are more common.

See also: 執念 (しゅうねん)

• 古ふるい小しょう説せつに「執念しゅうねい性せい格かく」という表ひょう現げんが出でてくる。

  In an old novel, the expression '執念い性格' (stubborn personality) appears.