豪ごう儀ぎ

also: ごうき

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Meanings

na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

Describes a person's character or attitude as large-hearted, generous, and impressive. Often used in literary or formal contexts.

彼かれの豪ごう儀ぎな態たい度どに周しゅう囲いは感かん心しんした。
Everyone was impressed by his grand, magnanimous attitude.
豪ごう儀ぎな人じん物ぶつだと評ひょう判ばんだ。
He is reputed to be a great person.

na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

obstinate; stubborn

archaic

Only with reading ごうぎ

Archaic sense, restricted to the reading ごうぎ. Describes a stubborn, unyielding nature.

古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、豪ごう儀ぎな性せい格かくを「頑がん固こ」の意い味みで使つかうことがある。
In old texts, 豪儀 can be used to mean 'stubborn' or 'obstinate'.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉は豪ごう儀ぎだsomeone is grand, generous, and magnanimous in character
彼かれはなかなか豪ごう儀ぎな人じん物ぶつだ。
He's quite a grand, big-hearted person.
豪ごう儀ぎに〈動どう詞し〉to do something in a stubborn, unyielding way
彼かれは豪ごう儀ぎに自じ分ぶんの意い見けんを言いい張はった。
He stubbornly insisted on his own opinion.

Kanji

豪overpowering, great, powerful
儀ceremony, rule, affair
気spirit, mind, air
強strong

Related words

豪ごう快かい sense 1
豪快 emphasizes a hearty, boisterous, dynamic quality, while 豪儀 focuses on a grand, magnanimous character.
頑がん固こN2sense 2
頑固 is the modern, common word for 'stubborn'; 豪儀 in its archaic sense is a literary equivalent.
太ふとっ腹ぱら sense 1
太っ腹 is a common, everyday word for a generous, big-hearted person, while 豪儀 is a more literary or old-fashioned term for the same quality.

Opposites

小しょう心しん sense 1
小心 describes a timid, small-minded person, the opposite of the grand, magnanimous character described by 豪儀.
従じゅう順じゅん sense 2
従順 means obedient and yielding, the opposite of the stubborn, unyielding nature meant by the archaic sense of 豪儀.

Don't confuse with

豪ごう華かN3
豪華 shares the kanji 豪 with 豪儀 but means 'luxurious/gorgeous', describing things rather than a person's character.

Written forms

豪儀Usage14%
- ごうぎ
  Standard kanji form for the reading ごうぎ.
- ごうき
豪気Usage83%
- ごうぎ
  Alternate kanji form; also read ごうき.
- ごうき
  Alternate reading; archaic or dialectal.
ごうぎUsage3%
強気
- ごうぎ
  Rare kanji form for this reading; more commonly read つよき.
- ごうき
ごうき

Etymology

The exact derivation is uncertain. The kanji 豪 (powerful, magnificent) and 儀 (ceremony, manner) or 気 (spirit) suggest a character of impressive bearing. The archaic 'stubborn' sense may be a semantic extension.