表層形
手強く
テズヨク
形容詞
手強く (テズヨク)
Tezuyoku · てずよく — strong, resolute, firm, strict
Other ways to say “strong” in Japanese →
手強く in rōmaji: tezuyoku.
形容詞
一般
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📝 手強い 🔤 形容詞 📐 連用形-一般
Updated: 2026年9月14日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
手強く
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
手強い
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| 読み (Reading) |
テズヨク
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| 品詞 (POS) |
形容詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
形容詞
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
連用形-一般
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
手強く
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| 読み・基本形 |
テズヨイ
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| 表記・基本形 |
手強い
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| 見出し語の読み |
テヅヨイ
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How it's used
Used in casual or written Japanese to describe someone or something tough to handle, like an opponent or problem.
彼は手強くて、なかなか倒せない。
Kare wa tezuyokute, nakanaka taosenai.
He is tough and not easy to defeat.
この問題は手強くて、時間がかかる。
Kono mondai wa tezuyokute, jikan ga kakaru.
This problem is tough and takes time.
⚖️ Often confused with 強い (strong), but 手強い implies difficulty in overcoming, not just physical strength.
💡 English Meaning
手強く means “strong, resolute, firm, strict” — full definition & examples →
⭐ Dictionary Form
🔗 Other Forms of 手強い
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テズヨク
Lemma: 手強い
形容詞一般**
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⚡ 形容詞 (I-adjective) Inflections
| 丁寧形 (Polite) |
手強いです
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
手強くない
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| 過去形 (Past) |
手強かった
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| て形 (Te-form) |
手強くて
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| 副詞形 (Adverbial) |
手強く
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| 仮定形 (Conditional) |
手強ければ
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形容詞 (i-adjectives) end in い and conjugate directly. They can act as predicates or modify nouns directly without a particle.
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What is the difference between surface form and lemma? ▼
The surface form (手強く) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (手強い) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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