固める
かためる
Also written 堅める
Meanings
- Ichidan verb, Transitive to harden; to freeze; to strengthen; to solidify; to make (a fist); to tramp down (snow, dirt) See also: 土を固める (つちをかためる).
- to put together; to collect; to gather; to consolidate
- to make secure; to stabilize; to settle down; to strengthen (belief, resolution, etc.); to establish (evidence) See also: 身を固める (みをかためる).
- to fortify; to reinforce; to support See also: 国境を固める (こっきょうをかためる). See also: 嘘で固める (うそでかためる).
- to wear for a specific purpose (armor, coat, etc.) (in the form に身をかためる)
- to swear; to resolutely vow; to sincerely promise
- to tie tightly; to fasten
- to hold a bow fully drawn
Kanji
- 固 solid. Read as かためる.
Example sentences
- 気宇壮大な計画もいいけれど、まずは自分の足元を固めることから始めてほしいよ。
It's fine to make grandiose plans, but I'd like you to start with what you have on your plate. - 基礎を固めることは大切です。
It is important to strengthen the basis. - もう身を固めて落ち着いてもいいころだよ。
It's high time you got married and settled down. - いずれどこかに落ち着いて身を固めるつもりだが、まだまだだ。
Eventually I'd like to settle down and have a family, but not yet. - 砂利をセメントで固める必要がある。
We need to bind gravel with cement.
Common phrases
- 決意を固める
- 方針を固める (ほうしんをかためる) to agree on the principle
- 守りを固める
- 意向を固める
- 地位を固める
- 脇を固める
- 基礎を固める
- 基盤を固める
- 防御を固める
- 意思を固める
- 守備を固める
- 身を固める (みをかためる) to settle down
- 足場を固める
- 地盤を固める
- 決心を固める (けっしんをかためる) to make a firm resolution
Related forms
- 固まる (かたまる) to harden (intransitive partner)
Words containing 固める
- 塗り固める (ぬりかためる) to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer)
- 踏み固める (ふみかためる) to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)
- 固め技 (かためわざ) grappling technique (e.g. judo)
And 14 more.