expression, Godan verb

  1. to have stiff shoulders.
  2. to feel ill at ease, to feel uncomfortable, to feel tense. Idiomatic expression.

noun or verb acting predominately

  1. serious, sober.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
肩が凝る かたがこる
 
 
 
肩がこる かたがこる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

shoulder
かた ケン (7th, N2)
door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)
と コ へ (2nd, N2)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ かたしろ (Kentei 1)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
congeal, freeze, stiff
こ.る ギョウ こご.らす (8th, N1)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)
doubt, distrust, be suspicious
ギ うたが.う (6th, N3)
doubt(疑) variant
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)
dart, arrow
や シ (2nd, N1)
person(人) variant
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
head, counter for animals
ヒキ ショ ソ (Kentei Pre-1)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)