► 名詞
柔軟性 [じゅうなんせい] meaning: flexible rank: 2
☆ 彼は発想の柔軟性に欠ける ⇨ He lacks flexibility of imagination
臨機応変 [(1)りんきおうへん] meaning: flexible rank: 2
☆ 彼は臨機応変さが足りない ⇨ He is not good at improvising
☆ 流動的な状況に臨機応変に対応する必要がある ⇨ We need to deal with the fluid situations in flexible manners
融通 [ゆうずう] [融通が利く] meaning: flexible rank: 3
☆ 彼は融通が利かない ⇨ He is not flexible, cannot improvise (☛ Flexible in thinking)
► 形容詞
固い [(2)かたい] [coll] meaning: flexible rank: 1
☆ 彼は固過ぎて付き合いにくい ⇨ He is too inflexible and hard to deal with
固い [(2)かたい] [頭が固い] [coll] meaning: flexible rank: 1
☆ 彼はどうにも頭が固い ⇨ His head is just hard, he is just too rigid, stuck with old ideas
柔らかい [(4)やわらかい] meaning: flexible rank: 1
☆ うちの父は頭が柔らかい ⇨ My father has a soft brain, is flexible in the way of thinking
► 形容動詞
柔軟 [じゅうなん] meaning: flexible rank: 2
☆ 状況の変化に柔軟に対応出来なくてはいけない ⇨ You have to be able to deal flexibly with changing situations
頭でっかち [(4)あたまでっかち] meaning: flexible rank: 4
☆ 彼は頭でっかちで融通が利かない ⇨ His head is too heavy, he is all theories and not very flexible, practical