気(き)が強(つよ)い

きがつよい
expression, i-adjective
strong-willed; assertive; not easily intimidated
personality
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present気(き)が強(つよ)い気(き)が強(つよ)くない
Past気(き)が強(つよ)かった気(き)が強(つよ)くなかった
て form気(き)が強(つよ)くて気(き)が強(つよ)くなくて
Adverbial気(き)が強(つよ)く—
Conditional ば気(き)が強(つよ)ければ気(き)が強(つよ)くなければ
Conditional たら気(き)が強(つよ)かったら気(き)が強(つよ)くなかったら
1. strong-willed; assertive; unyielding
Describing a person who stands their ground, says what they think, and does not back down when opposed. Usually admiring or neutral, though it can imply someone is hard to argue with.
彼女(かのじょ)は気(き)が強(つよ)い。
She is strong-willed.
気(き)が強(つよ)い人(ひと)だから、反対(はんたい)されても意見(いけん)を変(か)えないだろう。
She's strong-willed, so she probably won't change her opinion even if she's opposed.
気(き)が強(つよ)そうに見(み)えるが、実(じつ)は人一倍(ひといちばい)気(き)を使(つか)う性格(せいかく)だ。
He looks assertive, but in fact he is more considerate of others than most.

A fixed 気(き) expression: the subject of 強(つよ)い is 気(き), so the person takes は or が in a double-subject pattern (彼女(かのじょ)は気(き)が強(つよ)い).

Common collocations

  • 気(き)が強(つよ)そう: to seem assertive
  • 気(き)の強(つよ)い人(ひと): an assertive person (attributive form)
  • 見(み)かけによらず気(き)が強(つよ)い: to be tougher than one looks

Similar words

Related Words

Antonym: 気(き)が弱(よわ)い (timid; faint-hearted)
Related: 勝(か)ち気(き) (competitive, unwilling to lose)
Compare: 向(む)こう気(き) (pluck)
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Added 2026.7.31 15:19 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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