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頑固 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
頑固
BOOST
Reading : がんこ   
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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頑固 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 34,000 (about 16,800,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 5204 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 17727
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 15 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
かれ
わたし
いま
まで
った
うち
いちばん
一番
がんこ
頑固
こども
子供

He is the most obstinate child I have ever seen.
きみ
しゅちょう
主張
ぼく
がんこ
頑固
おやじ
親父
おな
じく
なっとく
納得
できない
Your argument is not any more convincing than that of my stubborn father.
わたし
ちち
とても
がんこ
頑固
ので
じぶん
自分
あやま
みと
める
ことできない
My father is too stubborn to admit his faults.
がんこ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 87,000 (about 2,740,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 15 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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ガン    stubborn   
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ゲン   ガン   origin; original   もと origin   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
legs
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
コ   かた hard   かたまる to harden   かためる to make hard   
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コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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box, enclosure   
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