日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji

N2

Meaningsharden, set, clot, curdle
On'yomi
Kun'yomiかた、かた、かた、かた
Strokes8
Radical

Compounds

  • firm, unshakeable, resolute

  • to harden, to solidify, to become firm, to become certain

  • hardening, fortifying, pledge, vow

  • to harden, to freeze, to strengthen, to solidify

  • solid (body)

  • fixing (in place), being fixed (in place), securing, anchoring

Example sentences

  • We call these slabs of the solid-rock layer 'plates'.

  • Gelatine has the property of setting as it cools.

  • Please don't boil the eggs so hard.

  • They brought solid fuel with them.

  • They have decided to stick to the original plan after all.

  • And so the method that works is treading down the snow to harden it, making blocks and piling them up.

  • He resolved to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime enterprise.

  • While welcoming the firming up of the present government policy to abandon the proposal of the reform bill to the Diet, at the same time some are worried that Prime Minister Koizumi won't clearly state the bill's withdrawal.