厳しい

Kana: きびしい

strict

⛩️ Japanese Level 2 ✨ Describing Words Also in Level 4

Example sentence

先生は私たちに厳しいです。

せんせいはわたしたちにきびしいです。

The teacher is strict with us.

What 厳しい means

厳しい (きびしい) is a Japanese word meaning “strict”. It appears in the Level 2 collection, under Describing Words (and also in Level 4).

More Describing Words words

Level 2

嬉しいうれしい happy; glad すぎるすぎる too; excessively 正しいただしい correct; right 間違いまちがい wrong; mistake 背が低いせがひくい short (in height) お腹いっぱいおなかいっぱい full (from eating) お腹がすくおなかがすく hungry 合うあう suitable; to fit 壊れるこわれる to break; broken 急ぐいそぐ to hurry; urgent 簡単かんたん simple 足りないたりない lacking; not enough

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