堅

Selected Good Words to Memorize

• 堅い かたい hard
• 堅持 けんじ holding on to

Selected Words with Definitions from WWWJDIC

• 中堅 ちゅうけん main body (of troops); center field; center fielder; nucleus; backbone; mainstay (n) **
• 堅持 けんじ holding on to; sticking to (n,vs) **
• 堅調 けんちょう bullish; firm (market) (adj-na,n)
• 堅い かたい hard (esp. wood); steadfast; honorable; stuffy writing (adj)
• 堅実 けんじつ steady; sound; reliable; solid (adj-na,n)
• 手堅い てがたい steady; firm; solid; secure (adj)
• 堅苦しい かたくるしい formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff (adj)
• 堅固 けんご solid; strong; firm (adj-na,n)
• 堅守 けんしゅ strong defense (n,vs)
• 堅気 かたぎ honest; respectable (adj-na,n)