凝る|こるkoru[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto become stiff (of muscles)
  2. godan verb, intransitive verbto get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to devote oneself to; to become obsessed with; to get hooked on
    最近さいきんはどんな物ものに凝こっているの?↗
    What are you into these days?
  3. godan verb, intransitive verbto be elaborate; to be intricate; to be exquisite; to be particular about; to pay great attention to
    彼女かのじょは服ふくに凝こっている。↗
    She is particular about her dress.
Conjugation
Dictionary form凝る(こる)
Polite (masu)凝ります(こります)
Negative (nai)凝らない(こらない)
polite (masen)凝りません(こりません)
classical zu / nu凝らず・凝らぬ(こらず・こらぬ)
Past (ta)凝った(こった)
polite (mashita)凝りました(こりました)
Past negative (nakatta)凝らなかった(こらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)凝りませんでした(こりませんでした)
Te form凝って(こって)
Potential凝れる(これる)
Passive凝られる(こられる)
Causative凝らせる(こらせる)
Causative passive凝らせられる・凝らされる(こらせられる・こらされる)
Conditional (ba)凝れば(これば)
tara凝ったら(こったら)
Volitional凝ろう(ころう)
polite (mashou)凝りましょう(こりましょう)
Imperative凝れ(これ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym硬直こうちょくWrittenWritten/formal prose for the body going rigid or the mind hardening; 「凝る」 is about sore, stiff muscles.
  • Related硬化こうかWrittenWritten/formal prose for substances hardening or attitudes stiffening; 「凝る」 is for stiff shoulder muscles or devoting oneself to a pursuit.
  • AntonymほぐれるNeutralNeutral: to soften, loosen or relax — the opposite of stiff 「凝る」, as in 「肩がほぐれる」.

Use 「凝る」 for stiff shoulder or muscle aches and for being absorbed in something, as in 「肩が凝る」「料理に凝る」. Use 「硬化」 when substances harden or attitudes stiffen, 「硬直」 for a rigid body or mind; the opposite of 「凝る」 is 「ほぐれる」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 柔やわらかいものが冷ひえるなどして固かたまる。
  2. (趣味しゅみや思想しそうなどに)熱中ねっちゅうする、入れ込いれこむ
  3. 筋肉きんにくが疲労ひろうなどで固かたくなる。
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