At first I only thought it was a little hard, but as I continued to carve it, its hardness became a wall in front of me. Just as everyone has strengths and weaknesses, to me, the hardness seems to be a disadvantage of zelkova.

最初は少し硬いかなくらいに思っていた程度だったのですが、彫り進めるごとにその硬さがわたしの前に壁となって立ちはだかった。誰しもが長所と短所があるように、自分にとっては硬さが欅の短所となりそうです。