てがたい

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Japanese

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Alternative spelling
手堅い

Etymology

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From () (te) + (かた) (katai). The katai changes to gatai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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てがたい (tegataiてがたい (tegatai)?-i (adverbial てがたく (tegataku))

  1. sound, safe, solid, infallible, dependable
    ()(がた)システム
    tegatai shisutemu
    solid system

Inflection

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN