きつい
Also written キツイ
Meanings
- い-adjective tough; hard; severe; demanding; harsh
- determined; strong-minded; forceful; formidable; fierce
- strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe; intense
- (too) tight; constricting; close
- extreme; unusually strong
Example sentences
- 靴がきつくて足が痛い。
These shoes are too tight. They hurt. - 何とかそれを僕のきついスケジュールに組み入れよう。
I'll work that into my tight schedule. - まず第一に、そういった仕事は私にはきつすぎる。
To begin with, that kind of work is too tough for me. - トムは頭にきつい一発を受けた。
Tom received a heavy blow on the head. - ちょっときついです。
They're a little tight.