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残酷ざんこく (zankoku)

cruelty, harshness

  • JLPT N1
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Meaning

残酷 (ざんこく, zankoku) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “cruelty, harshness”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

それはとても残酷ざんこくな事件じけんだ

It is a very cruel incident.

彼かれは子供こどもに残酷ざんこくだ。

He is a brute to his children.

運命うんめいは時ときとして残酷ざんこくである。

Destiny is sometimes cruel.

ペットを虐待ぎゃくたいすると彼かれは残酷ざんこくだ。

It is cruel of him to ill-treat pets.

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