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固める かためる N1

  1. to freeze; to harden; to make (a fist); to solidify; to strengthen; to tramp down (snow, dirt)
  2. to collect; to consolidate; to gather; to put together
  3. to establish (evidence); to make secure; to settle down; to stabilize; to strengthen (belief, resolution, etc.)
  4. to fortify; to reinforce; to support
  5. to wear for a specific purpose (armor, coat, etc.)
  6. to resolutely vow; to sincerely promise; to swear
  7. to fasten; to tie tightly
  8. to hold a bow fully drawn

嘘で固める うそでかためる

  1. to fabricate a web of lies; to lie all the time

押し固める おしかためる

  1. to press together

干し固める ほしかためる

  1. to dry until stiff

踏み固める ふみかためる

  1. to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)

練り固める ねりかためる

  1. to harden by kneading

差し固める さしかためる

  1. to close or shut tight; to warn sharply

決心を固める けっしんをかためる

  1. to make a firm resolution

国境を固める こっきょうをかためる

  1. to fortify the frontier

土を固める つちをかためる

  1. to harden earth into a mass
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