Understanding「それでも時に凍えそうになるほど人の世は厳しい」


> 人は一人でなど強くなれん
>
> 皆で支え合い、温め合い
>
> **それでも時に凍えそうになるほど人の世は厳しい**

I have difficulty figuring out the overall meaning of this sentence. What 時に
means? sometimes? Does 凍えそうになるほど人の世は厳しい mean "friends can be strict to the
extent that makes you to tremble"?




> What 時に means? sometimes?

Right! 時に means "sometimes". 時に sounds more literary than [時々]{ときどき}.

> Does 凍えそうになるほど人の世は厳しい mean "friends can be strict to the extent that makes
> you to tremble"?

[人]{ひと}の[世]{よ}, literary "world of human", is almost synonymous to [世間]{せけん}
or [世]{よ}の[中]{なか}, "the world", "society".

I think your understanding of ～になるほど is correct. 「それでも時に凍えそうになるほど人の世は厳しい」
literally means "Still, the world/society is sometimes harsh/severe to the
extent that it almost freezes you". Please rewrite it to what sounds more
natural in your language.




> What 時に means? sometimes?

Right! 時に means "sometimes". 時に sounds more literary than [時々]{ときどき}.

> Does 凍えそうになるほど人の世は厳しい mean "friends can be strict to the extent that makes
> you to tremble"?

[人]{ひと}の[世]{よ}, literary "world of human", is almost synonymous to [世間]{せけん}
or [世]{よ}の[中]{なか}, "the world", "society".

I think your understanding of ～になるほど is correct. 「それでも時に凍えそうになるほど人の世は厳しい」
literally means "Still, the world/society is sometimes harsh/severe to the
extent that it almost freezes you". Please rewrite it to what sounds more
natural in your language.

