硬い (かたい): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

硬い (かたい) means hard / solid / tough.

See example sentences below.

硬い at a glance

硬い

かたいkatai

N3adj

hard / solid / tough

硬いかたいkataiN3Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

hard / solid / tough

Example 1

このパンはちょっと硬いです。

Translation

This bread is a bit hard.

Example 2

彼の考えは硬いです。

Translation

His way of thinking is rigid.