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    3. 硬直

    硬直

    硬こう直ちょく

    stiffening

    KMT7News #16+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab20 strokes

    こうちょく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    stiffening, rigidity, rigor, stiffness, ossification, petrification

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    長ちょう時じ間かん同おなじ姿し勢せいでいたので、体からだが硬こう直ちょくした。

    Because I was in the same posture for a long time, my body stiffened.

    KMT5Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    事じ故こ後ご、彼かれの足あしは硬こう直ちょくして動うごかせなくなった。

    After the accident, his leg became rigid and he couldn't move it.

    KMT7Medicine & Health
    筋きん肉にくの硬こう直ちょくは、適てき切せつなストレッチで和やわらげることができる。

    Muscle rigidity can be alleviated with proper stretching.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthSports & Martial Arts
    精せい神しん的てきなストレスが原げん因いんで、全ぜん身しんが硬こう直ちょくする症しょう状じょうが出でた。

    Due to mental stress, symptoms of whole-body rigidity appeared.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology
    経けい済ざいの硬こう直ちょく化かは、新あたらしい産さん業ぎょうの発はっ展てんを妨さまたげる要よう因いんとなる。

    The rigidity of the economy becomes a factor hindering the development of new industries.

    KMT8Business & FinanceScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    硬
    かた.い…(1)
    stiff・hard
    直
    ただ.ちに・なお.す・-なお.す・なお.る・なお.き・す.ぐ…(7)
    straightaway・honesty・frankness・fix・repair
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