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気が強い (kigatsuyoi) Japanese meaning: strong-willed | Kotomora
JLPT N2 › Conjugation 気が強い · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 気き が 強つよ い 気き が 強つよ くない Polite 気き が 強つよ いです 気き が 強つよ くないです also 気き が 強つよ くありません Past polite 気き が 強つよ かったです 気き が 強つよ くなかったです also 気き が 強つよ くありませんでした Past 気き が 強つよ かった 気き が 強つよ くなかった Te-form 気き が 強つよ くて 気き が 強つよ くなくて Adverbial 気き が 強つよ く Conditional 気き が 強つよ ければ 気き が 強つよ くなければ Tara conditional 気き が 強つよ かったら 気き が 強つよ くなかったら
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女じょ
は
気き
が
強つよ
い
から
、
誰だれ
に
も
負ま
け
ない
。
She is strong-willed, so she won't lose to anyone.
It's tough to argue with a strong-willed person.
Related words 気が強い is used predicatively (この人は気が強い), while 気の強い is the attributive form used before a noun (気の強い人).
気が強い describes a person's inherent personality trait, while 強気 more often describes an assertive attitude or stance taken in a specific situation.
気が強い broadly describes forceful assertiveness, while 強情 specifically emphasizes stubbornness and refusal to yield even when wrong.
Opposites 気が強い describes a forceful, unyielding personality, while 気が弱い describes someone timid or easily intimidated.
気が強い describes someone strong-willed and unafraid, the opposite of the timidity expressed by 気が小さい.
Etymology Phrase composed of 気 (spirit, mind) + が (subject marker) + 強い (strong). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it follows a common pattern of describing personal traits with 気.
