[*** \mathrm{stern}^1] |stərn|

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SEVERE, STERN, AUSTERE, ASCETIC mean given to or marked by strict discipline and firm restraint.

SEVERE implies standards enforced without indulgence or laxity and may suggest harshness.

e.g. severe military discipline

STERN stresses inflexibility and inexorability of temper or character.

e.g. stern arbiters of public morality

AUSTERE stresses absence of warmth, color, or feeling and may apply to rigorous restraint, simplicity, or self-denial.

e.g. living an austere life in the country

ASCETIC implies abstention from pleasure and comfort or self-indulgence as spiritual discipline.

e.g. the ascetic life of the monks

(of a person or their manner) serious and unrelenting, especially in the assertion of authority and exercise of discipline:

〈表情･顔つきなどが〉怖い, 厳しい, いかめしい

e.g. a smile transformed his stern face

〈人が〉 «…に対して» 厳格な, 厳しい(severe) «with, to, toward(s)»

e.g. Mama looked stern.

(of an act or statement) strict and severe; using extreme measures or terms:

〈言葉･規律などが〉手厳しい, 容赦ない, 過酷な

e.g. stern measures to restrict growth of traffic.

(of competition or opposition) putting someone or something under extreme pressure:

〈意志などが〉断固とした

e.g. the past year has been a stern test of the ability of local industry.

have a stronger character and be more able to overcome problems than others:

e.g. whereas James was deeply wounded by the failure, George was made of sterner stuff. from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (iii. 2. 93).

archaic men regarded collectively and in contrast to women.

sternness |ˈstərnnəs| noun

Old English styrne, probably from the West Germanic base of the verb stare.

[*** \mathrm{stern}^2] |stərn|

the rearmost part of a ship or boat:

〘海〙 船尾, とも(↔ bow, stem; → ship )

e.g. he stood at the stern of the yacht.

humorous a person's bottom:

｟くだけて｠ 尻.

e.g. my stern can't take too much sun.

sterned |stərnd| adjective

in combination : a square-sterned vessel

sternmost |-ˌmōst| adjective

sternward |-wərd| adverb

Middle English: probably from Old Norse stjórn ‘steering’, from stýra ‘to steer’.