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厳しい, 酷しい, きびしい

Conjugated: 厳しく

1. severe, strict, rigid, unsparing, relentless

2. hard (to do), difficult, tricky

3. intense (e.g. cold), harsh (weather), inclement

彼は厳しい批判にさらされた。

しつける, 躾ける, 躾る

Ichidan verb, Transitive, See 仕付ける・しつける・2, Usually in kana

to train, to discipline, to teach manners

この犬は見知らぬ人にほえるようにしつけられている。

しつける, 仕付ける, 為付ける

Ichidan verb, Transitive, Usually in kana

1. to be used to, to get accustomed to, to be in the habit of doing

See 躾ける

2. to train, to discipline, to teach manners

3. to tack (in needlework), to baste

4. to plant (esp. rice seedlings)

のです, んです

Expression, の and ん add emphasis

the expectation is that ..., the reason is that ..., the fact is that ..., the explanation is that ..., it is that ...

お借りした車の調子が悪いのですが。