正しょう直じき一いっ徹てつ

noun, na-adjective

stubbornly honest; rigidly upright

Describes a person who is so honest and principled that they are inflexible or uncompromising. Often carries a nuance of being too straight-laced.

• 彼かれは正しょう直じき一いっ徹てつな性せい格かくで、嘘うそをつくことができない。

  He has a stubbornly honest personality and cannot tell a lie.

• 正しょう直じき一いっ徹てつな人ひとほど、時ときに周しゅう囲いと衝しょう突とつしやすい。

  The more rigidly honest a person is, the more likely they are to clash with others at times.