- がんこ
- [頑固] ¶→頑固に¶→頑固者◇→頑固な頑固
stubbornness
obstinacy* * *がんこ【頑固】¶ → 頑固に¶ → 頑固者◇ → 頑固な* * *がんこ【頑固】~な 〔強情な〕 obstinate; stubborn; headstrong; perverse; obdurate; mulish; pigheaded; bullheaded; hardheaded; hard-nosed; stiff-necked; 〔頑迷な〕 bigoted; die-hard; 〔粘り強い〕 persistent; tenacious; dogged; hard-boiled.●頑固な保守派 a bigoted [die-hard] conservative
・頑固な先生 a perverse [persistent] teacher
・頑固な病気 an obstinate disease; a disease that one cannot easily shake off
・頑固な不眠症 persistent insomnia
・頑固な咳 a persistent cough
・頑固な汚れにも強い洗剤 a cleanser good for stubborn stains
・頑固一徹な adamant; unmovable; unswayable
・頑固親父 a stubborn [an obstinate] father
・そんな頑固なことを言わずに要求を入れてやりなさいよ. Don't be so pigheaded! (Go ahead and) accept the request!
●彼女はいったん言いだしたら頑固だからなあ. Once she's said something, she sticks to her guns, you know.
・あの人は前から頑固で通っている. He has a long reputation for stubbornness [being stubborn]. | He has been known for his obstinacy for a long time.
頑固さ 〔強情〕 obstinacy; stubbornness; pigheadedness; obduracy; perversity; 〔頑迷〕 bigotry; 〔粘り強さ〕 persistence; doggedness; tenacity.頑固に obstinately; stubbornly; persistently; in an obstinate manner.●頑固に自説を主張する hold tenaciously to one's own view; persist in one's own opinion; stick stubbornly to one's own ideas.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.