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Conjugation of Japanese adjective 堅い - hard - katai

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    堅い

    Reading

    かたい
    katai

    Meaning

    is hard

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    堅くない

    Reading

    かたくない
    katakunai

    Meaning

    is not hard

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    堅いです

    Reading

    かたいです
    kataidesu

    Meaning

    is hard

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    堅くありません

    Reading

    かたくありません
    katakuarimasen

    Meaning

    is not hard

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    堅かった

    Reading

    かたかった
    katakatta

    Meaning

    was hard

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    堅くなかった

    Reading

    かたくなかった
    katakunakatta

    Meaning

    was not hard

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    堅かったです

    Reading

    かたかったです
    katakattadesu

    Meaning

    was hard

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    堅くありませんでした

    Reading

    かたくありませんでした
    katakuarimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not hard

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    堅くて

    Reading

    かたくて
    katakute

    Meaning

    is hard, and...

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    堅くなくて

    Reading

    かたくなくて
    katakunakute

    Meaning

    is not hard, and...

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    堅いだろう

    Reading

    かたいだろう
    kataidarou

    Meaning

    will probably be hard

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    堅くないだろう

    Reading

    かたくないだろう
    katakunaidarou

    Meaning

    probably won't be hard

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    堅いでしょう

    Reading

    かたいでしょう
    kataideshou

    Meaning

    will probably be hard

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    堅くないでしょう

    Reading

    かたくないでしょう
    katakunaideshou

    Meaning

    probably won't be hard

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    堅く

    Reading

    かたく
    kataku

    Meaning

    in a hard way

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    堅ければ

    Reading

    かたければ
    katakereba

    Meaning

    if it is hard

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    堅くなければ

    Reading

    かたくなければ
    katakunakereba

    Meaning

    if it is not hard

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    堅かったら

    Reading

    かたかったら
    katakattara

    Meaning

    if it was hard

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    堅くなかったら

    Reading

    かたくなかったら
    katakunakattara

    Meaning

    if it was not hard

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    堅さ

    Reading

    かたさ
    katasa

    Meaning

    hard-ness (or the quality of being hard)

Word Detail

    word

    堅い

    Meaning

    Hard

Kanji in this Adjective

  • kanji

    堅

    Meaning

    Firm, Solid

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