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[()·きび()··]
tekibishii
i adjective

Alternate Written Forms:

[()····]
tekibishii

Root Words:

[() + きび()··]
te + kibishii

English Meaning(s) for 手厳しい

i adjective
  1. harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict

Definition and Synonyms for 手厳しい

Exacting severe and unremitting in making demands
Synonyms: 冷厳, 厳しい, 厳格, 峻厳, 峻峭, 手厳しい
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, , 酷烈, 険しい
Unsparingly in a scathing and unsparing manner
Synonyms: 手厳しい
Asperity something hard to endure
Synonyms: つらい, つらさ, づらい, こっぴどい, 厳い, 厳しい, 厳しさ, 手ひどい, 手厳しい, 手痛い, 苛烈, 辛い
Relentlessness mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up
Synonyms: 手厳しい

Meanings for each kanji in 手厳しい

» hand
» stern; strictness; severity; rigidity

Categories 手厳しい is a member of

Difficulty the quality of being difficult
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Unmercifulness inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 手厳しい

Conjugations for 手厳しい

Adjective stem
[()·きび()·]
tekibishi
te-form
[()·きび()···]
tekibishikute
Negative te-form
[()·きび()·····]
tekibishikunakute
Adverbial Form
[()·きび()··]
tekibishiku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[()·きび()··]
tekibishii
Present Indicative Negative Form
[()·きび()····]
tekibishikunai
Past Indicative Form
[()·きび()····]
tekibishikatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[()·きび()······]
tekibishikunakatta
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
[()·きび()····]
tekibishikereba
Present Indicative Negative Form
[()·きび()······]
tekibishikunakereba
Present Indicative Negative Colloquial Form
[()·きび()·····]
tekibishikunakya
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
[()·きび()·····]
tekibishikattara
Present Indicative Negative Form
[()·きび()·······]
tekibishikunakattara
Nominalized Form
Objective Form
[()·きび()··]
tekibishisa

Sample Sentences for 手厳しい

She's a tough woman.

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