This exam is very severe.

The severity of this exam was beyond anything we could imagine.

I went to the shrine in Ise city.

Sitting on the park bench, I was staring at the withered tree branch.

The flowers in the garden withered due to the intense summer heat.

He bought new clothes with his own money.

I love eating karei-ii (dried cooked rice).

She was sleeping in her boyfriend's shirt.

He lost everything.

She is planning a date with her current boyfriend.