凝り固まる

• 読み: こりかたまる
• ローマ字: korikatamaru
• 漢字の分解: 凝 (gyō/ko) — to concentrate, stiffen; 固 (ko/kata) — hard, to solidify
• 発音: /ko.ɾi.ka.ta.ma.ɾɯ/

意味

To be rigidly set in one's ways; to become inflexibly fixed in beliefs; to stiffen physically through tension.

A Group 1 (godan) compound verb (凝る + 固まる). Physically: muscles or joints that 凝り固まる have seized up with tension or cold. Figuratively — and more commonly in N1 contexts — it describes a person or institution that has become unyieldingly rigid in their thinking or habits, often with a critical tone: 固定観念に凝り固まる (to be rigidly fixed in a mindset), 保守思想に凝り固まる (to be entrenched in conservative ideology).

例文

1. 長年の偏見に凝り固まった考え方はなかなか変えられない。
2. 肩と首の筋肉が凝り固まって、頭が痛くなってきた。
3. 自説に凝り固まった人は、新しい証拠を受け入れようとしない。

使い方ガイド

場面: mindset, physical stiffness, criticism, ideology

トーン: critical

起源と歴史

Compound of 凝る (to stiffen through concentration or cold) and 固まる (to harden, solidify). The combination intensifies the sense of rigid hardening, whether physical or ideological.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal