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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

過か酷こく

kakoku

harsh, severe

Example sentences

  1. 降伏条件ごうぶくじょうけんは過酷かこくだった。

    The surrender terms were harsh.

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  2. やがて過酷かこくな生存競争せいぞんきょうそうを生いき延のびた業者ぎょうしゃは銀行業ぎんこうぎょうへと転進てんしんすることとなる。

    Those who had survived fierce competition advanced into banking.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. しかし、実際じっさいは過酷かこくな労働ろうどうが原因げんいんで多おおくの者ものが命いのちを落おとしたり、出所後しゅっしょごは早々そうそうに故郷こきょうに逃にげ帰かえる者ものが多おおく、人口じんこうの増加ぞうかに貢献こうけんをすることは無なかった。

    However, in fact prisoners did not contribute to the increase of the population because many of them died due to hard work or ran back to their hometowns after release.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 過酷

  • 過overdo; exceedOnカKunすぎる・すごす・あやまち
  • 酷cruel; severeOnコクKunひどい

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