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Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner. / Grim and forbidding in appearance.

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stern

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/stɜːn/

Adjective

Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner. / Grim and forbidding in appearance.

Japanese Meaning

厳しく険しい性格や態度を持つ。 / 厳格で、無慈悲または畏怖させる外見や印象を与える。

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The coach's stern warning made the team practice extra drills until they improved.

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コーチの厳しい警告で、チームは上達するまで追加のドリルを練習した。

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Sense（1）

Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.

I haue beene wooed, as I intreat thee now, / Euen by the ſterne, and direfull God of warre, / VVhoſe ſinowie necke in battel nere did bow, / VVho conquers where he comes in euery iarre; […]

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Sense（2）

Grim and forbidding in appearance.

these barren rocks, your stern inheritance

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sterner

（ comparative ）

sternest

（ superlative ）

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