この冬は寒さが厳しかった。

この冬は寒さが厳しかった。

We have had a very hard winter.

この冬(ふゆ)は寒(さむ)さが厳(きび)しかった。

Kono fuyu wa samusa ga kibishikatta.

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

冬 (ふゆ)

winter

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

寒い (さむい、さぶい)

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull; weak; corny

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

厳しい (きびしい、いかめしい)

severe; strict; rigid; unsparing; relentless; stern; austere; grave; solemn; majestic; intense (cold); harsh

Readings: トウ、ふゆ

Meaning: winter

Readings: カン、さむ.い

Meaning: cold

Readings: ゲン、ゴン、おごそ.か、きび.しい、いか.めしい、いつくし

Meanings: stern, strictness, severity, rigidity