LingakuFrequency rank: 5,760. – 5,765.
- cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- cruel
- brutal
- ruthless
- merciless
- inhuman
This refers to a behavior or action that causes suffering to others, showing a lack of compassion or kindness.
This describes actions that are extremely harsh or violent, often in a way that surpasses the normal expectations of aggression.
The brutal fighting continues.
This indicates an absence of mercy or compassion in one's actions, often used to describe individuals who will do anything to achieve their goals without regard for others.
This strongly emphasizes the lack of mercy or pity in a person's actions or behavior, often highlighting the extreme severity of their actions.
The merciless weather continues.
This denotes behaviors or conditions that are so cruel and brutal that they seem to go beyond what is considered human, often used in extreme contexts.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ざんこく残酷なこうい行為cruel actざんこく残酷なげんじつ現実brutal realityざんこく残酷なわらい笑いruthless laughterざんこく残酷なせんそう戦争merciless warざんこく残酷なしんじつ真実inhuman truthざんこく残酷さをます増すto increase in crueltyざんこく残酷なしはい支配cruel dominationざんこく残酷なしうち仕打ちruthless treatmentざんこく残酷なげえむゲームbrutal gameざんこく残酷なうんめい運命cruel fateざんこく残酷なひひょう批評merciless critique
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It is an act of cruelty to lock a small child in his room.
I think it is cruel to trap animals for fur coats.
It is cruel of them to make the boy work so hard.
He is a man who I supposed was incapable of such cruelty.
12. だいいちじせかいたいせん第一次世界大戦がおわった終わったちょくご直後、ひとびと人々はそのようにおそろしく恐ろしくざんこく残酷なせんそう戦争がふたたび再びおこる起こるだろうとは、ゆめにもおもわなかった夢にも思わなかった。
Soon after the end of World War 1, people never thought such a hateful and cruel war would break out again.
I don't like to see animals cruelly treated.
I could not image how cruel he was at that time.
The cruelty of the torture in the police station is beyond description.