| KO | That KODOMO (子) is hard to deal with. | 
| The old bread in the big box has gotten too hard to eat. | 
| かた*い | Hard like a stiff, formal, tight-ass person, stubborn. Also means physically hard like firm: you tap it and it goes TON TON.
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| ( を ) かた*める | to make something congeal (clay, paint, pudding). OTHER MEANING: to harden or fortify one's defenses (or strengthen the unity of factions within the party). ★☆☆☆☆ | 
| ( が ) かた*まる | something hardens, something takes shape ★☆☆☆☆ | 
| 頑固 な | 
stubborn
★★☆☆☆
1/2 KANA
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