きびしい

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of きびしい – see the following entry.
厳しい
stern, grave, forbidding; dignified, stately
strict, unforgiving
tight, close, without gaps
harsh, tough, extreme, severe, hard to withstand (said of natural phenomena)
extreme, excessive, terrible (said of an action)
dire, difficult, tight (said of a situation)
(This term, きびしい, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as きびしい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as きびしい.)