JLPT N1 · な-adjective

強硬 (kyoukou)

強硬 (きょうこう, kyoukou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “firm; strong”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
きょうこう
Romaji
kyoukou
Word class
な-adjective
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

大統領は強硬路線をとった。
The President took a hard line.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 強硬

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Present (plain)強硬だきょうこうだ kyoukouda
Present (polite)強硬ですきょうこうです kyoukoudesu
Negative強硬じゃないきょうこうじゃない kyoukoujanai
Past強硬だったきょうこうだった kyoukoudatta
Negative past強硬じゃなかったきょうこうじゃなかった kyoukoujanakatta
Te-form強硬できょうこうで kyoukoude
Before a noun強硬なきょうこうな kyoukouna
Adverb (~ni)強硬にきょうこうに kyoukouni

Kanji in 強硬

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 強硬.

Source: JMdict entry 1236250 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.