ハードボイルド (Haadoboirudo) is a Japanese na-adjective meaning “hard-boiled (person, style, etc.), tough, hard-boiled fiction”.

Meanings

  1. na-adjective, nounhard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough
  2. nounhard-boiled fiction

Examples

  • He is a hard boiled egg.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).