VOCABULARY
暑苦しい
a
あ
tsu
つ
ku
く
ru
る
shi
し
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sweltering / sultry / oppressive heat
stuffy, sultry, oppressive (weather, atmosphere, or feeling), cloying, overbearing, tedious
i_adjective
Example sentences
満員電車の中は暑苦しくて息が詰まる。
Inside the packed train it's so stuffy I can hardly breathe.
彼の暑苦しい性格はちょっと苦手だ。
I'm not a fan of his overbearing personality.
こんな日に長袖は暑苦しいよ。
Long sleeves are too sweltering on a day like this.
閉め切った部屋は暑苦しく感じられた。
The closed-up room felt oppressively hot.
Practice exercises
1
その監督の映画はメッセージが暑苦しいほど強く、観客に考える余地を与えない。
That director's films have messages so cloying that they leave no room for the audience to think.
Answer
暑苦しい
2
満員の電車はとても暑苦しい。
A packed train is very sweltering.
Answer
暑苦しい暑苦しいです
3
この部屋は暑苦しいので、窓を開けましょう。
This room is stuffy, so let's open the window.
Answer
暑苦しい暑苦しいです
4
夏の厨房は本当に暑苦しかった。
The kitchen in summer was really sweltering.
Answer
暑苦しかった暑苦しかったです
5
彼の話し方は暑苦しくて、聞いていて疲れてしまう。
His way of speaking is overbearing, and listening to it is tiring.
Answer
暑苦しくて