酷しい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
酷
きび Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 酷しい – see the following entry.

【厳きびしい】 [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, 酷しい, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)