Word Meaning お堅い

おかたい okatai

お堅い is read as おかたい (okatai) and means prudish.

Meaning

English

  1. prudish
  2. strait-laced
  3. boring
  4. square

Reading

Kana

おかたい

Romaji

okatai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 129067 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

堅い

かたい

obstinate

手堅い

てがたい

steady

底堅い

そこがたい

stable (market) after having bottomed out

義理堅い

ぎりがたい

possessed of a strong sense of duty

物堅い

ものがたい

honest

口堅い

くちがたい

discreet

口が堅い

くちがかたい

tight-lipped

口の堅い

くちのかたい

tight-lipped

中堅

ちゅうけん

athlete competing in the middle-number match in a team competition, i.e. second in 3-on-3, third in 5-on-5 (kendo, judo, etc.)

堅実

けんじつ

steady

堅気

かたぎ

person in a respectable occupation