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Conjugation of Japanese adjective 厳しい - severe, strict - kibishii

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    厳しい

    Reading

    きびしい
    kibishii

    Meaning

    is severe

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    厳しくない

    Reading

    きびしくない
    kibishikunai

    Meaning

    is not severe

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    厳しいです

    Reading

    きびしいです
    kibishiidesu

    Meaning

    is severe

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    厳しくありません

    Reading

    きびしくありません
    kibishikuarimasen

    Meaning

    is not severe

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    厳しかった

    Reading

    きびしかった
    kibishikatta

    Meaning

    was severe

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    厳しくなかった

    Reading

    きびしくなかった
    kibishikunakatta

    Meaning

    was not severe

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    厳しかったです

    Reading

    きびしかったです
    kibishikattadesu

    Meaning

    was severe

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    厳しくありませんでした

    Reading

    きびしくありませんでした
    kibishikuarimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not severe

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    厳しくて

    Reading

    きびしくて
    kibishikute

    Meaning

    is severe, and...

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    厳しくなくて

    Reading

    きびしくなくて
    kibishikunakute

    Meaning

    is not severe, and...

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    厳しいだろう

    Reading

    きびしいだろう
    kibishiidarou

    Meaning

    will probably be severe

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    厳しくないだろう

    Reading

    きびしくないだろう
    kibishikunaidarou

    Meaning

    probably won't be severe

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    厳しいでしょう

    Reading

    きびしいでしょう
    kibishiideshou

    Meaning

    will probably be severe

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    厳しくないでしょう

    Reading

    きびしくないでしょう
    kibishikunaideshou

    Meaning

    probably won't be severe

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    厳しく

    Reading

    きびしく
    kibishiku

    Meaning

    in a severe way

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    厳しければ

    Reading

    きびしければ
    kibishikereba

    Meaning

    if it is severe

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    厳しくなければ

    Reading

    きびしくなければ
    kibishikunakereba

    Meaning

    if it is not severe

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    厳しかったら

    Reading

    きびしかったら
    kibishikattara

    Meaning

    if it was severe

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    厳しくなかったら

    Reading

    きびしくなかったら
    kibishikunakattara

    Meaning

    if it was not severe

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    厳しさ

    Reading

    きびしさ
    kibishisa

    Meaning

    severe-ness (or the quality of being severe)

Word Detail

    word

    厳しい

    Meaning

    Severe, Strict

Kanji in this Adjective

  • kanji

    厳

    Meaning

    Severe, Strict

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