| straight-lac | He's a really straight-laced guy, so he doesn't like the idea of his son changing jobs. |
| priggish | (adj) exaggeratedly proper, Syn. puritanical, strait-laced, prudish, straitlaced, prim, straightlaced, square-toed, prissy, victorian, straight-laced, tight-laced, Example: my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts |
| 堅物 | [かたぶつ, katabutsu] (n, adj-no) straight-laced or stubborn person [Add to Longdo] |
| 硬派 | [こうは, kouha] (n, adj-na) (1) tough elements; hard-liners; stalwarts; diehards; hawks; (2) considering association with women and interest in fashion as weakness and focusing on strength and manliness; young tough; young rowdy; (3) hard (news); hard news reporter; (4) strait-laced (person); straight-laced; overly serious regarding relations between men and women; (5) bullish traders; (P) [Add to Longdo] |