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手厳しい

てきびしい

severe, harsh

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Examples

  1. 手厳しい批評を受けた。

    てきびしいひひょうをうけた。

    I received harsh criticism.

  2. 先生の指摘は手厳しかった。

    せんせいのしてきはてきびしかった。

    The teacher's comments were severe.

  3. 世間の反応は予想以上に手厳しい。

    せけんのはんのうはよそういじょうにてきびしい。

    The public reaction is harsher than expected.

Common patterns

手厳しい批判
harsh criticism
手厳しく叱る
to scold severely
手厳しい意見
a blunt, severe opinion

Memory tip

The 手 is an intensifier, not 'hand': 手厳しい is 厳しい turned up a notch. It attaches to words and judgments — criticism, reviews, questioning — rather than to rules, training or weather.

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