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Definition and Synonyms for 険しい
| 1. | 険しさ | 恐怖や悩み起こさせる特性 |
| Distressfulness | the quality of arousing fear or distress | |
| Synonyms: | 由々しい, 険しい | |
| 2. | 険しい | 困難または試練でいっぱいの |
| Rocky | full of hardship or trials | |
| Synonyms: | 大変, 険しい | |
| 3. | 巌々とした | 鋭く傾斜しているさま |
| Steep | having a sharp inclination | |
| Synonyms: | 切り立つ, 切り立った, 奇峭, 峻厳, 峻険, 巌巌とした, 急, 急峻, 険しい, 険峻, 険阻 | |
| 4. | 険しさ | 非常に険しい坂のもつ特性 |
| Precipitousness | the property possessed by a slope that is very steep | |
| Synonyms: | 険しい | |
| 5. | 険しい | 危機または非常事態になる、または、危機または非常事態に近づく |
| Critical | being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency | |
| Synonyms: | 危うい, 危ない, 深刻, 険しい | |
| 6. | 険しい | 非常に急な |
| Sheer | very steep | |
| Synonyms: | 険しい | |
| 7. | 厳然たる | 振る舞いや態度において厳しい |
| Stern | of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor | |
| Synonyms: | いかめしい, 厳い, 厳しい, 峻厳, 険しい, 険悪, 険相 | |
| 8. | 険しい | 不快なほどに堅い |
| Harsh | unpleasantly stern | |
| Synonyms: | ひどい, むごい, こっぴどい, 厳しい, 峻険, 手ひどい, 手厳しい, 過酷, 酷, 酷烈, 険しい | |
| 9. | 険しく | 険しいさまで |
| Steeply | in a steep manner | |
| Synonyms: | 険しい | |
| 10. | 猛烈 | 激しく動揺し、荒れ狂った |
| Fierce | violently agitated and turbulent | |
| Synonyms: | 凄まじい, 凄絶, 大荒れ, 強烈, 激しい, 猛, 猛烈, 荒い, 荒々しい, 荒っぽい, 険しい | |
| 11. | 険しい | 際立ってほとんど垂直な正面を持つこと |
| Sheer | having a prominent and almost vertical front | |
| Synonyms: | 険しい | |
| 12. | 厳然たる | 局面において気難しい |
| Stern | forbidding in aspect | |
| Synonyms: | いかめしい, 厳い, 厳しい, 峻厳, 険しい, 険悪, 険相 |
Meanings for each kanji in 険しい
| » | 険 | precipitous; inaccessible place; impregnable position; steep place; sharp eyes |
Categories 険しい is a member of
| 1. | 傾斜 | 水平から外れる線や面のもつ特性 |
| Slope | the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal | |
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| 2. | こっ酷さ | 例えば、痛みや天候のような好ましくないものの程度に使われる |
| Badness | used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather | |
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Conjugations for 険しい
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Sample Sentences for 険しい
彼は山のけわしい斜面をじっと見つめ、登るのをやめた。
He stared at the steep slope of the mountain and stopped climbing it.
彼女のけわしい顔つきは少年達に彼等が苦境にいることを物語っていた。
Her stern look told the boys that they were in trouble.
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