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頑固 (がんこ): Stubborn — conjugation and examples

頑固 is read がんこ and means "Stubborn". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

頑固

Reading
がんこ · ganko
Translation
Stubborn
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
がんこが

Example

頑固なのは父譲りだ。

がんこなのはちちゆずりだ。

I've got my stubbornness from my father.

Conjugation

Polite (ます)
頑固ですがんこです
Polite negative (ません)
頑固じゃないですがんこじゃないです
Negative (ない)
頑固じゃないがんこじゃない
Past (た)
頑固だったがんこだった
Te-form (て)
頑固でがんこで

Kanji in this word

  • 頑 — stubborn
  • 固 — hard, solid

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