酷しい

Japanese

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

[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.)