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    3. 一徹

    一徹

    一いっ徹てつ

    obstinate

    KMT9News #35+1Noun, Adjective, ParticleEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab16 strokes

    いってつ

    Noun, Adjective, Particle

    1.
    obstinate, stubborn, inflexible

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは一いち度ど決きめたら一いっ徹てつだ。

    Once he decides something, he's unyielding.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    職しょく人にん気か質たぎで一いっ徹てつな彼かれは、自じ分ぶんの仕し事ごとに妥だ協きょうを許ゆるさない。

    Being a stubborn craftsman, he doesn't compromise on his work.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    彼かれのその一いっ徹てつな性せい格かくが、時ときには周しゅう囲いとの摩ま擦さつを生うむこともある。

    His obstinate personality sometimes causes friction with those around him.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    自じ分ぶんの信しん念ねんを一いっ徹てつに貫つらぬくことは、簡かん単たんなことではない。

    Sticking to one's beliefs with stubbornness is not an easy thing.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれの研けん究きゅうに対たいする一いっ徹てつな姿し勢せいが、最さい終しゅう的てきに大だい発はっ見けんにつながった。

    His unyielding attitude towards research ultimately led to a great discovery.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyWork & CareerScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    徹
    penetrate・clear・pierce・strike home・sit up (all night)
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