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厳しい

厳しい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 6

Adjective

厳しい (-i inflection, hiragana きびしい, romaji kibishii)

  1. harsh, severe
     (きび)しい環境 (かんきょう) () ()いた。
    Kibishii kankyō o ikinuita.
    We survived the harsh environment.
  2. strict, rigorous
  3. terrible, awful

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References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.