がたい

See also: かたい, かだい, and がだい

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

がたい or ガタイ • (gatai

  1. build (of a person)
    ガタイいい(おとこ)
    gatai ga ii otoko
    man with a good build
Synonyms

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of がたい – see the following entry.
難い
[suffix] difficult or hard to do
(This term, がたい (gatai), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN