残酷 (ざんこく): cruelty, harshness — Japanese vocabulary
残酷 is read ざんこく and means "cruelty, harshness". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
残酷
- Reading
- ざんこく · zankoku
- Translation
- cruelty, harshness
- Level
- JLPT N1
- Pitch accent
- ざんこくが
Example
その残酷な男は犬をムチで打った。
そのざんこくなおとこはいぬをムチでうった。
The cruel man beat the dog with a whip.
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