固持

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

*/kodi//kod͡ʑi/

From Middle Chinese 固持 (MC kuH dri, literally “firmly, solidly + hold, grasp”).

Pronunciation

Noun

()() • (kojiこぢ (kodi)?

  1. tenacity or persistence, standing one's ground, holding fast to an assertion or belief

Verb

()()する • (koji suruこぢ (kodi)?intransitive suru (stem ()() (koji shi), past ()()した (koji shita))

  1. to be tenacious, to persist, to stand one's ground, to hold fast to an assertion or belief

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN