凝らす
こらす
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to apply oneself
- to stiffen; to become tense
Kanji
- 凝 stiff. Read as こらす.
Common phrases
- 工夫を凝らす (くふうをこらす) to exercise one's ingenuity
- 趣向を凝らす (しゅこうをこらす) to devise an elaborate plan
- 意匠を凝らした (いしょうをこらした) elaborately designed
- 創意工夫を凝らす
- 目を凝らす (めをこらす) to strain one's eyes
- 贅を凝らす
Related forms
- 凝る (こる) to become stiff (of muscles) (intransitive partner)