Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 堅物(かたぶつ) in Japanese

堅物
Kana Reading
かたぶつ
Romaji
katabutsu
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    straight-laced or stubborn person
    Example sentence
    彼は堅物だから、どうも息子が転職するのにいい顔をしないんだよね。 He's a really straight-laced guy, so he doesn't like the idea of his son changing jobs.

Examples of 堅物, かたぶつ in a sentence

Kanji in this word

堅 JLPT 1

12 strokes

strict, hard, solid, tough, tight, reliable

On'Yomi: ケン

Kun'Yomi: かた.い, -がた.い

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物 JLPT 4

8 strokes

thing, object, matter

On'Yomi: ブツ, モツ

Kun'Yomi: もの, もの-

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