- 堅苦しい
- かたくるしい【堅苦しい】*formal〖S〗(訪問・手紙などが)儀礼的な, 慣習に従った, 格式ばった(⇔informal);(人・態度などが)〔…に〕堅苦しい, 冷淡な, よそよそしい〔to, with〕
a formal occasion 堅苦しい席.
*stiff〔人に対して〕よそよそしい〔with〕His bearing was stiff and military. 彼の態度は軍人らしく堅苦しかった.
frigid《正式》〔人に〕堅苦しい〔to, toward〕.*literary堅苦しい, 学者ぶった.*proper〖S〗[ほめて] 礼儀正しい;[時にけなして] いやに堅苦しい.starchy《略式》[けなして] 四角四面の.ceremonious《正式》(人・態度などが)儀式ばった.bookish(言葉などが)文語調の, 堅苦しい.* * *かたくるしい【堅苦しい】〔ぎこちない〕 stiff(-mannered); awkward; 〔形式ばった〕 (stiff and) formal; ceremonious; 〔厳重で窮屈な〕 particular; punctilious; straitlaced; 《口》 stuffy; uptight; 〔厳格な〕 strict; rigid.●堅苦しい文体 a stiff style of writing
・堅苦しい人 a very particular person; a straitlaced [stiff-necked] person; a person who stands on ceremony
・堅苦しい法律用語 formal legal terminology
・堅苦しい規則 a strict [draconian] rule [regulation]
・四角四面の堅苦しいスピーチ a stiff and too-formal speech
・堅苦しい物の言い方をする speak [talk, put things] formally; speak like a [by the] book.
●堅苦しいこと[あいさつ]は抜きにする do without [dispense with, skip] the formalities
・堅苦しいことは大嫌いだ. I hate [can't stand] formalities.
・漢字ばかりの名称は堅苦しい印象を与える. Titles made up of long strings of kanji characters give a very formal impression.
・雰囲気がなんとなく堅苦しい. The atmosphere is pretty stiff and formal.
・教授といつも呼ばれると堅苦しいのでやめてください. It would be too formal to call me “Professor” all the time, so please don't bother.
・堅苦しくない informal; free and easy
・私たちの会は, 市民ならだれでも参加できる堅苦しくない会です. Our association is a loose, informal one that anyone may join in.
堅苦しく formally; stiffly; ceremoniously; in an awkward manner.●堅苦しく考える think formally; approach things with (too much) formality.
堅苦しくなる become stiff and formal.●市長が部屋に入ってくるととたんにパーティーは堅苦しくなった. As soon as the mayor entered the room, the party went stiff [froze (up)].
堅苦しさ formality; stiffness; ceremony; ceremoniousness.●彼は堅苦しさがとれ次第に打ち解けてきた. His formality gradually melted away.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.