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    3. 厳しさ

    厳しさ

    厳きびし​さ​

    severity

    KMT6News #8+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab21 strokes

    きびしさ

    Noun

    1.
    severity, strictness, intensity

    Stroke 0 / 21

    Speed1.0x

    先せん生せいの厳きびしさに驚おどろいた。

    I was surprised by the teacher's strictness.

    KMT4Emotions & PsychologyEducation
    彼かれは仕し事ごとの厳きびしさを知しっている。

    He knows the intensity of the work.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    彼かれの言こと葉ばには、優やさしさの中なかに厳きびしさがあった。

    His words contained strictness within their kindness.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    自し然ぜんの厳きびしさを肌はだで感かんじる旅たびだった。

    It was a trip where I felt the harshness of nature firsthand.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyNature & EnvironmentTravel & Transportation
    競きょう争そうの厳きびしさに直なお面めんし、彼かれはさらに努ど力りょくした。

    Faced with the intensity of competition, he worked even harder.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyBusiness & FinanceSports & Martial Arts

    Characters that make up this word

    厳
    おごそ.か・きび.しい・いか.めしい・いつくし…(6)
    stern・strictness・severity・rigidity
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
    さ
    sa
    Kana
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