Illustration: At a ceramics workshop's inspection bench, an experienced maker examines a graceful finished bowl under a task lamp. They point to a tiny uneven patch on its rim and place it with the rejected pieces, despite the apprentice's hopeful expression.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

シビア

shibia

strict, severe, demanding

Example sentences

  1. 日本人にほんじんは遅刻ちこくにシビアだ。

    Japanese people do not take kindly to being late.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. シビアな条件じょうけん

    severe / strict requirements

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. お好み焼きより遙かにシビアな溶き加減を要求される。

    A far more delicate adjustment of viscosity is required for the dough of takoyaki than for that of okonomiyaki.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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