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There are 29 total results for your Harden search in the dictionary.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

硬化

see styles
yìng huà
    ying4 hua4
ying hua
 kouka / koka
    こうか
to harden; (medicine) sclerosis; (fig.) to become inflexible in one's opinions; to ossify
(n,vs,vi) (1) (ant: 軟化・1) hardening; vulcanization; vulcanisation; sclerosis; curing; (n,vs,vi) (2) (ant: 軟化・2) hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; toughening; (n,vs,vi) (3) {finc} (ant: 軟化・3) upturn (in the market); firming up

see styles
hěn
    hen3
hen
ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; resolute; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很[hen3]

固化

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gù huà
    gu4 hua4
ku hua
 koka
    こか
to solidify; to harden; (fig.) to make permanent; to become fixed
(n,vs,vi) solidification

垮臉


垮脸

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kuǎ liǎn
    kua3 lian3
k`ua lien
    kua lien
(of the face) to harden; to sag

橫心


横心

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héng xīn
    heng2 xin1
heng hsin
to steel oneself; to harden one's heart

淬火

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cuì huǒ
    cui4 huo3
ts`ui huo
    tsui huo
to quench; to temper; to harden by quenching

痼る

see styles
 shikoru
    しこる
(v5r,vi) to stiffen; to harden

使硬化

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shǐ yìng huà
    shi3 ying4 hua4
shih ying hua
harden

固まる

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 katamaru
    かたまる
(v5r,vi) (1) to harden; to solidify; (v5r,vi) (2) to become firm; to become certain; (v5r,vi) (3) to gather (together); to assemble; to huddle together; (v5r,vi) (4) {comp} to freeze; to hang; to stop responding

固める

see styles
 katameru
    かためる
(transitive verb) (1) to harden; to freeze; to strengthen; to solidify; to make (a fist); to tramp down (snow, dirt); (2) to put together; to collect; to gather; to consolidate; (3) to make secure; to stabilize; to settle down; to strengthen (belief, resolution, etc.); to establish (evidence); (4) to fortify; to reinforce; to support; (5) to wear for a specific purpose (armor, coat, etc.); (6) to swear; to resolutely vow; to sincerely promise; (7) to tie tightly; to fasten; (8) to hold a bow fully drawn

堅める

see styles
 katameru
    かためる
(transitive verb) (1) to harden; to freeze; to strengthen; to solidify; to make (a fist); to tramp down (snow, dirt); (2) to put together; to collect; to gather; to consolidate; (3) to make secure; to stabilize; to settle down; to strengthen (belief, resolution, etc.); to establish (evidence); (4) to fortify; to reinforce; to support; (5) to wear for a specific purpose (armor, coat, etc.); (6) to swear; to resolutely vow; to sincerely promise; (7) to tie tightly; to fasten; (8) to hold a bow fully drawn

乾固まる

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 hikatamaru
    ひかたまる
(Godan verb with "ru" ending) to dry and harden

鬼になる

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 onininaru
    おにになる
(exp,v5r) (1) (idiom) to harden one's heart; to steel oneself; to be ruthless; (exp,v5r) (2) to become "it" (in hide-and-seek, etc.)

Variations:
凝る
痼る

 shikoru
    しこる
(v5r,vi) to stiffen; to harden

土を固める

see styles
 tsuchiokatameru
    つちをかためる
(exp,v1) to harden earth into a mass

打ち固める

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 uchikatameru
    うちかためる
(transitive verb) to harden by beating

練り固める

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 nerikatameru
    ねりかためる
(transitive verb) to harden by kneading

踏みしめる

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 fumishimeru
    ふみしめる
(transitive verb) to step firmly; to harden by treading

踏み固める

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 fumikatameru
    ふみかためる
(transitive verb) to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)

踏み締める

see styles
 fumishimeru
    ふみしめる
(transitive verb) to step firmly; to harden by treading

心を鬼にする

see styles
 kokoroooninisuru
    こころをおににする
(exp,vs-i) (idiom) to harden one's heart; to steel oneself

打ちかためる

see styles
 uchikatameru
    うちかためる
(transitive verb) to harden by beating

焼きを入れる

see styles
 yakioireru
    やきをいれる
(exp,v1) to temper; to harden; to torture; to discipline

Variations:
踏みしめる
踏み締める

 fumishimeru
    ふみしめる
(transitive verb) to step firmly; to harden by treading

Variations:
打ち固める
打ちかためる

 uchikatameru
    うちかためる
(transitive verb) to harden by beating

Variations:
固める
堅める(iK)

 katameru
    かためる
(transitive verb) (1) (See 土を固める・つちをかためる) to harden; to freeze; to strengthen; to solidify; to make (a fist); to tramp down (snow, dirt); (transitive verb) (2) to put together; to collect; to gather; to consolidate; (transitive verb) (3) (See 身を固める・みをかためる・1) to make secure; to stabilize; to settle down; to strengthen (belief, resolution, etc.); to establish (evidence); (transitive verb) (4) (See 国境を固める・こっきょうをかためる,嘘で固める・うそでかためる) to fortify; to reinforce; to support; (transitive verb) (5) (in the form に身をかためる) to wear for a specific purpose (armor, coat, etc.); (transitive verb) (6) to swear; to resolutely vow; to sincerely promise; (transitive verb) (7) to tie tightly; to fasten; (transitive verb) (8) to hold a bow fully drawn

Variations:
強張る
硬張る(sK)
強ばる(sK)

 kowabaru
    こわばる
(v5r,vi) (kana only) to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden

Variations:
踏みしめる
踏み締める
踏締める(sK)

 fumishimeru
    ふみしめる
(transitive verb) (1) to step firmly (on); (transitive verb) (2) to harden by treading

Variations:
凝り固まる
こり固まる(sK)
凝固まる(sK)

 korikatamaru
    こりかたまる
(v5r,vi) (1) to coagulate; to congeal; to harden; to curdle; to clot; (v5r,vi) (2) to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to be fixated (on); to be bigoted (about); (v5r,vi) (3) to stiffen; to become stiff

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 29 results for "Harden" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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