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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

冷れい酷こく

reikoku

cruel, ruthless

Example sentences

犬いぬを叩たたくなんて彼かれは冷酷れいこくだ。
It was cruel of him to beat his dog.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
冷酷れいこく極きわまりない。
It is extremely cruel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
これらの事ことから、息子むすこや家臣かしんに対たいしても冷酷れいこく非情ひじょうな面めんを見みせる人物じんぶつだったとの評価ひょうかもある。
From these facts, he is also evaluated as having been ruthless even for his sons or retainers.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 冷酷

冷cool; cold (beer, person)OnレイKunつめたい・ひえる・ひや
酷cruel; severeOnコクKunひどい

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