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JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

手てごわい

tegowai

formidable, tough

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは交渉こうしょうするには手強てごわい人ひとです。

    He drives a hard bargain.

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  2. この問題もんだいは本当ほんとうに手強てごわい。

    This problem is a real challenge.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 邸内ていないから敵てきが現あらわれ、勘六かんろくは激はげしく斬きり結むすんだが、手強てごわい相手あいてで泉水せんすいに叩はたき落おとされてしまう。

    An enemy emerged from the residence, and Kanroku fought him fiercely with his sword, but his opponent was formidable and knocked him into the garden pond.

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

Kanji in 手

  • 手handOnシュ・ズKunて・て-・た-

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