堅気

かたぎ

[katagi]

Definitions

1.adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

honest; respectable; decent

2.noun (common) (futsuumeishi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.)

3.noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

person in a respectable occupation

出所しゅっしょ後ご、彼かれは堅気かたぎになった。

After his release, he went straight.

我が家わがやは代々だいだい堅気かたぎな商売しょうばいだ。

Our family has run a respectable business for generations.

娘むすめは堅気かたぎの男性だんせいとしか結婚けっこんしないと言い張っいいはった。

My daughter insisted she would only marry a respectable man.