固める， 堅める， かためる
1. to harden, to freeze, to strengthen, to solidify, to make (a fist), to tramp down (snow, dirt)
2. to put together, to collect, to gather, to consolidate
3. to make secure, to stabilize, to settle down, to strengthen (belief, resolution, etc.), to ...
变硬，冻结，增强，凝固，攥(拳)，踩实(雪、泥土)
政府が今国会への改正案提出の見送り方針を固めたことを歓迎する一方、小泉首相が提出断念を明言していない点を警戒する声も上がった。
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While welcoming the firming up of the present government policy to abandon the proposal of the reform bill to the Diet, at the same time some are worried that Prime Minister Koizumi won't clearly state the bill's withdrawal.
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彼は粘土を火に入れて固めた。
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He hardened clay by putting it into a fire.
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彼は失敗するかもしれないと覚悟を固めた。
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He steeled himself against possible failure.
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道路修理のために彼らは砂利をセメントで固めている。
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They are binding the gravel with cement to repair the road.
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土台はコンクリートで固められている。
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The foundation is bedded in concrete.
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敵軍は首都の周囲を塹壕で固めていた。
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The enemy was entrenched all around the capital.
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赤木キャプテンは練習中に足を捻挫したので、試合前にテーピングでガチガチに固めた。
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Captain Akagi sprained his ankle during practice, so, before the game, he taped it up until it was stiff as a board.
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政府はテロ撲滅の決意を固めている。
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The government is determined to put an end to terrorism.
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私服警官が終始大統領の身辺を固めていた。
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The private detectives accompanied the President everywhere.
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砂利をセメントで固める必要がある。
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We need to bind gravel with cement.
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