しぶとい

• 読み: しぶとい
• ローマ字: shibutoi
• 発音: /ɕi.bɯ.to.i/

意味

Tenacious; persistent; stubborn; tough. Describes someone who refuses to give up or be defeated, often despite enormous odds.

An i-adjective (typically written in hiragana) describing a quality of dogged endurance. Unlike 執拗 (which carries a negative nuance of unwanted persistence), しぶとい can be used admiringly or neutrally to describe someone who keeps going through sheer grit. Often used in sports, business, and character descriptions.

例文

1. しぶとく食らいついた結果、三度目の挑戦でついに合格した。
2. あの選手はピンチでもしぶとく粘り、土壇場で試合をひっくり返した。
3. しぶとい交渉相手で、何度断っても諦めようとしなかった。

使い方ガイド

場面: sports, business, character description, admiration

トーン: admiring

起源と歴史

Likely derived from 渋い (shibui, astringent/reluctant) combined with the suffix とい. The astringency metaphor — something that won't go away or dissolve — extended naturally to describing a person who refuses to quit.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: General