しぶとい

shibutoi

tenacious
stubborn

い-adjective

Chinese meanings

顽强；死缠不放

Examples

Furigana

彼かれは結けっ構こうしぶといね。転ころんでもただでは起おきぬ、いい根こん性じょうしているよ。
He's a tenacious guy who always manages to come out on top. He's the kind of guy who can turn any situation to his advantage.
他相当顽强，跌倒了也不会白白爬起来，真有韧劲。
Tatoeba #107800

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('d582e63792'); // しぶとい

{
  "id": "d582e63792",
  "word": "しぶとい",
  "reading": "しぶとい",
  "romaji": "shibutoi",
  "meanings": [
    "tenacious",
    "stubborn"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adj-i"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1005590,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は結構しぶといね。転んでもただでは起きぬ、いい根性しているよ。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{結構|けっこう}しぶといね。{転|ころ}んでもただでは{起|お}きぬ、いい{根性|こんじょう}しているよ。",
      "en": "He's a tenacious guy who always manages to come out on top. He's the kind of guy who can turn any situation to his advantage.",
      "tatoeba_id": 107800
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "1d304726856f5f5e069dbb35eb4146073a33df28d8cec855e4f3a442ce031877",
    "meanings": [
      "顽强",
      "死缠不放"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は結構しぶといね。転んでもただでは起きぬ、いい根性しているよ。",
        "zh": "他相当顽强，跌倒了也不会白白爬起来，真有韧劲。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/d582e63792",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1005590; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "2db33e79a85bb24c67159d19c961cd01ca1b19637ad82c9243794c8b3c87eae9"
  }
}