根強い

ねづよい
firmly rooted
deep-seated

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ねづよい【根強い】

incorrigible

(習慣・信条などが)根強い， 頑固な.

¶ → (…に対する)根強い偏見

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ねづよい【根強い】

deep-rooted[-seated]; firmly rooted; 〔揺るがない〕 settled; ingrained; 〔抜き難い〕 entrenched; ineradicable.

●根強い悪習 an inveterate habit

・根強い偏見 a deep-rooted prejudice

・根強い不信感 a deeply ingrained distrust

・市長への根強い支持 deep-rooted support for the mayor

・臓器移植に対する根強い反対意見 ingrained disapproval of organ transplanting.

●その模様の布地には今でも根強い需要がある. There is still a strong demand for that pattern of cloth.

・この病気に対する社会の偏見は根強いものがある. In this society there is an ingrained antipathy toward (victims of) that disease.

・男の子に根強い人気のあるウルトラマン the entrenched popularity of Ultraman among boys

・夫婦別姓に対しては根強い抵抗感が保守層にある. Among conservatives there is a deeply rooted resistance to the use of different surnames by husband and wife.

根強く firmly; steadfastly; with tenacity.

●その風習は今もその地方に根強く残っている. The practice remains deeply entrenched in that region.

・それについては慎重論も根強くある. There are also those who argue tenaciously for caution.