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厳しい (きびしい): Strict / severe — Japanese vocabulary

厳しい is read きびしい and means "Strict / severe". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

厳しい

Reading
きびしい · kibishii
Translation
Strict / severe
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
きびしいが

Example

日本は厳しい経済問題に直面している。

にっぽんはきびしいけいざいもんだいにちょくめんしている。

Japan is confronted with severe economic problems.

Kanji in this word

  • 厳 — strict, severe

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