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For pronunciation and definitions of きびしい – see the following entry.
【厳しい 】
[adjective] [from late 900s] stern , grave , forbidding ; dignified , stately [adjective] [from early 1000s] strict , unforgiving [adjective] [from 1116] tight , close , without gaps [adjective] [from 1179] harsh , tough , extreme , severe , hard to withstand ( said of natural phenomena ) [adjective] [from 1710] extreme , excessive , terrible ( said of an action ) [adjective] [from late 1700s?] dire , difficult , tight ( said of a situation )
(This term, きびしい ( kibishī ) , 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 .)
