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ざんこく
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Noun
1. cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
Alt. forms
残ざん酷こく
98%
惨ざん酷こく
ざんこく
残ざん刻こく
Pitch accent
ざ
んこく
Used in: 42
Composed of
remaining; left-over; excess
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
inhumanity; atrocity; abominable cruelty
live broiling of shellfish
Examples (18 in total)
Destiny is sometimes cruel.
It is because he is cruel that I dislike him.
Don't be cruel to animals.
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