こうちょく
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
1. stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
My whole body was stiff as if it had frozen solid.
Pitch accent
こ
うちょく
Composed of
hardness
direct; honest; frank; easygoing; lighthearted; night duty
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
organizational inertia; organisational inertia
muscle stiffness
Examples (4 in total)
Their muscles are stiff.
My whole body was stiff as if it had frozen solid.
I involuntarily stiffened up, but is this okay?