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    3. 頑な

    頑な

    頑かたくな​

    obstinate

    KMT8News #20+1AdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab17 strokes

    頑

    かたくな

    Adjective

    1.
    obstinate, stubborn, mulish, die-hard, bigoted

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    彼かれは頑かたくなな態たい度どを変かえなかった。

    He didn't change his stubborn attitude.

    KMT6Emotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょは自じ分ぶんの意い見けんを頑かたくなに主しゅ張ちょうし、譲ゆずろうとしなかった。

    She stubbornly insisted on her opinion and wouldn't yield.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    夫ふう婦ふ喧げん嘩かでは、お互たがいが頑かたくなになると解かい決けつが難むずかしくなる。

    In a marital dispute, if both sides become stubborn, resolution becomes difficult.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    彼かれは頑かたくなに自じ分ぶんの夢ゆめを追おい続つづけ、ついにそれを実じつ現げんさせた。

    He stubbornly continued to pursue his dream and finally realized it.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    どんなに説せっ得とくしても、彼かれの頑かたくなな心こころは開ひらかれなかった。

    No matter how much we persuaded him, his stubborn heart wouldn't open.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    頑
    かたく.な…(1)
    stubborn・foolish・firmly
    Kanji
    な
    na
    Kana
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