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しぶとい (shibutoi)

tenacious, stubborn

  • JLPT N1

Meaning

しぶとい (shibutoi) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “tenacious, stubborn”.

Example sentences 4

彼かれは結けっ構こうしぶといね。転ころんでもただでは起おきぬ、いい根こん性じょうしているよ。

He's a tenacious guy who always manages to come out on top. He's the kind of guy who can turn any situation to his advantage.

乳酸菌はかなりしぶとい菌で、冷凍しても単に冬眠するだけで、解凍すればそのまま復活させることができます。

Lactic-acid bacilli are such unyielding bacteria that, even if frozen, they would simply hibernate and can restore themselves as if they came back to life.

「なかなかしぶとい奴だ」とも一人の男が言いました。

きさまが、しぶといから、こんな悶着が起る。

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