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凝る (こる): to stiffen, to harden — Japanese vocabulary

凝る is read こる and means "to stiffen, to harden". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

凝る

Reading
こる · koru
Translation
to stiffen, to harden
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
こるが

Example

彼は何かをやり出すとそれに凝る性質です。

かれはなんかをやりだすとそれにこるせいしつです。

When he begins to do anything, he devotes himself to it.

Kanji in this word

  • 凝 — congeal, stiff

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