JLPT N5 vocabulary
厳しい: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
きびしい3Nakadaka · falls inside
i-adjective
Meaning
- severe, strict, rigid, unsparing, relentless
- hard to do, difficult, tricky
- intense (e.g. cold), harsh (weather), inclement

Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 厳しい | 厳し |
| Plain past過去形 | 厳し | 厳し |
| Polite presentです形 | 厳しい | 厳し |
| Polite pastでした形 | 厳し | 厳し |
| Te-formて形 | 厳し | 厳し |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 厳しい | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 厳し | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 厳し | 厳し |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 厳し | 厳し |
Example sentences
門限は守れと厳しく言われる。
I'm sternly told to observe my curfew.