強情・剛情|ごうじょうgoujou[0]heiban (flat)

1. na-adjective, nounobstinate; stubborn; headstrong
   彼かれはああ強情ごうじょうだとは思おもわなかった。↗

   I never thought he was all that stubborn.

• Synonym頑固がんこNeutralThe everyday word: stresses not listening to advice and refusing to bend. Also used of stubborn stains, a use 「強情」 doesn't cover.
• Synonym頑なかたくなWrittenWritten word: pictures a closed heart that shuts out other people's opinions — more about refusing to listen than pushing your own way.
• Synonym一徹いってつWrittenWritten word: single-minded to a fault — fixed on one idea and unable to bend or adapt. More literary than 「強情」.
• Synonym頑強がんきょうNeutralNeutral: stresses unyielding persistence, or a sturdy, tough physique — tenacity rather than wilfulness. Broader than 「強情」.
• Synonym意固地いこじNeutralNeutral, but with a sulky, contrary edge: stresses holding to your view out of wilfulness, and feels more awkward and perverse than 「強情」.
• Synonym強情っ張りごうじょうっぱりCasualColloquial word for a stubborn person or a stubborn nature. More person-oriented than 「強情」, which describes the quality itself.
• Synonym意地っ張りいじっぱりCasualColloquial, often of a person: stubborn out of pride, refusing to yield so as not to lose face. A stronger competitive streak than 「強情」.
• Synonym片意地かたいじNeutralNeutral, but with a perverse, cranky tinge: stresses wilfully clinging to your own ideas. Feels more contrary and awkward than 「強情」.
• Synonym狷介けんかいWrittenWritten and rare: aloof stubbornness — keeping others at arm's length and refusing to mix with them. Far more literary than 「強情」.
• Synonym頑固一徹がんこいってつWrittenWritten word: stubborn to the very end — once a decision is made it is never changed. Heavier and more literary than 「強情」.
• Synonym頑迷がんめいWrittenWritten word: stubborn to the point of being deaf to reason — bigoted rather than merely headstrong. More literary than 「強情」.
• Synonym偏屈へんくつNeutralNeutral: a warped, eccentric character — cranky and unsociable. Its focus is an odd temperament, not 「強情」's refusal to yield.
• Synonym剛愎ごうふくWrittenWritten and rare: self-assured stubbornness — convinced of being right and deaf to what others say. More literary than 「強情」.
• Synonym頑迷固陋がんめいころうWrittenWritten word: stubborn and hidebound, shutting out other people's opinions. A heavier, more literary word than 「強情」.
• SynonymへんこWrittenWritten and rare: a biased, closed mind joined to stubbornness — obstinacy with a narrow, prejudiced slant. More literary than 「強情」.
• Synonym情張りじょうはりCasualColloquial and dialectal: stresses refusing to give an inch. Much closer to speech than 「強情」 and regional in flavour.
• Related業突く張りごうつくばりCasualColloquial and strongly derogatory: a hopelessly stubborn person who ignores all advice. Can also mean a miser — a sense 「強情」 lacks.
• Related固陋ころうWrittenWritten and rare: narrow-minded attachment to old ways, rejecting anything new. About hidebound conservatism, not simply refusing to yield.
• Relatedきかぬ気きかぬきCasualColloquial: a child who ignores what parents say and won't bend — disobedience and strong will, narrower than 「強情」.
• Antonym素直すなおNeutralThe main opposite: frank and obedient, accepting what people say. Where 「素直」 takes advice willingly, 「強情」 pushes back.
• Antonym従順じゅうじゅんWrittenWritten-style opposite: meek, submissive, obedient — yielding to others or circumstances, unlike headstrong 「強情」.
• Antonym軟弱なんじゃくNeutralOpposite in spirit: weak-willed and easily swayed — the limpness that contrasts with 「強情」's hard, unbending temper.

「強情」 is for flatly refusing to yield and sticking to your views, as in 「強情を張る」「強情な子供」. For ignoring advice in everyday speech, 「頑固」 is the usual choice; for sulky, contrary stubbornness use 「意地っ張り」 or 「意固地」; for a stubborn person, 「強情っ張り」. Written: 「頑な」 (a closed mind), 「一徹」 (rigid single-mindedness), 「頑固一徹」, 「頑迷」, 「頑迷固陋」, 「剛愎」, 「固陋」, 「偏固」, 「狷介」. Colloquial: 「業突く張り」 (also 'miser'), 「情張り」, 「きかぬ気」 (a disobedient child). 「頑強」 is tenacity or toughness, 「偏屈」 an eccentric temper; the opposites are 「素直」, 「従順」, 「軟弱」.

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