それは大変でしたね。
Sore wa taihen deshita ne.
That must have been tough.
- Word for word
- “That was hard.”
- Politeness: Polite
- です/ます style. The safe default with strangers, shop staff and colleagues.
- When you would say it
- Responding to a story about a difficult day.
- Worth knowing
- 大変 means a big difficulty, not only “very”.