古代ローマでは多くの奴隷が過酷な労働を強いられていた。
In ancient Rome, many slaves were forced into harsh labor.
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Working under harsh labor conditions is difficult.
どんなに過酷な環境でも生き延びる、彼の生命力には脱帽する。
I take my hat off to his vitality, which allows him to survive even in such a harsh environment.
息子を有名な私立小学校に入学させるため、親子で過酷な「お受験」に挑んだ。
To get our son into a famous private elementary school, both parent and child took on the grueling 'ojuken'.
兵士たちは過酷な軍事訓練に耐えている。
The soldiers are enduring harsh military training.
長い間、過酷な環境に身を置いていたせいか、彼の感情は鈍麻してしまった。
Perhaps because he had been in a harsh environment for a long time, his emotions became dull.
その僧侶は過酷な修行の末、即身成仏を遂げたと言われている。
That monk is said to have attained Buddhahood in this body after rigorous training.
権力争いに敗れた彼は、遠い地方への貶謫という過酷な運命を辿った。
After losing the political struggle, he suffered the fate of demotion and exile to a distant province.
当時の領主は過酷な聚斂を行い、領民を苦しめた。
The lord of the time practiced harsh tax collection, causing great suffering to his people.
探検家は乾端坤倪を極めるために過酷な旅に出た
The explorer set out on a harsh journey to reach the ends of the earth.
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Describes conditions, environments, or treatments that are excessively strict or physically/mentally demanding.
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