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固まる かたまる N2

  1. to harden; to solidify
  2. to become certain; to become firm
  3. to assemble; to gather (together); to huddle together
  4. to freeze; to hang; to stop responding

雨降って地固まる あめふってじかたまる

  1. adversity strengthens the foundations; after a storm comes a calm; the ground hardens after it rains; what doesn't kill you makes you stronger

乾固まる ひかたまる

  1. to dry and harden

凝り固まる こりかたまる

  1. to clot; to coagulate; to congeal; to curdle; to harden
  2. to be bigoted (about); to be fanatical (about); to be fixated (on); to be obsessed (with)
  3. to become stiff; to stiffen
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