severity

noun

excessive sternness
過度の厳しさ
- severity of character
  性格の厳しさ
- the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
  彼の罰の過酷さは、非人間的だった
- the rigors of boot camp
  新兵訓練所の厳しさ
extreme plainness
過度に質素なこと
something hard to endure
耐え難い苦難
- the asperity of northern winters
  北方の冬の過酷さ
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
例えば、痛みや天候のような好ましくないものの程度に使われる

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