堅
ケン
かた.い • -がた.い
strict; hard; solid; tough; tight; reliable
Words
堅人
かたじん
- square; trustworthy person n
堅気
かたぎ
- honest; respectable adj-na
- respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.) n
- person in a respectable occupation n
堅実
けんじつ
- steady; sound; reliable; solid adj-na
中堅手
ちゅうけんしゅ
- center fielder; centre fielder n baseb
中堅
ちゅうけん
- nucleus; backbone; mainstay; key figure n
- medium-level; mid-level; middle-ranking; midsize adj-no n
- main body (of troops); crack troops; select troops n
- center field; centre field; center fielder; centre fielder n baseb
- athlete competing in the middle-number match in a team competition, i.e. second in 3-on-3, third in 5-on-5 (kendo, judo, etc.) n