Translation of "것으로는" in English

정말 힘들었던 다른 것으로는, 정말 슬픈 일이었는데요.

The other thing that was hard, and it was really sad for me;

남성이 여성에게 하는 것으로는 잘 쓰지 않습니다.

but often not something a man shows a woman.