墨ぼく守しゅ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

strict adherence; rigid observance

Used for stubbornly sticking to old customs, traditions, or rules. Often carries a negative nuance of inflexibility. Common in the phrase 墨守する.

• 古ふるい慣かん習しゅうを墨ぼく守しゅするだけでは進しん歩ぽはない。

  There is no progress if you just rigidly adhere to old customs.

• 彼かれは規き則そくを墨ぼく守しゅして、例れい外がいを認みとめなかった。

  He stuck rigidly to the rules and would not allow any exceptions.