Illustration: In the earthen courtyard of an Edo-period roadside storehouse, an armed captor raises a bamboo switch over a bound adult prisoner who has already fallen to their knees. The prisoner shields their head with tied wrists; a broken water dipper lies beside them.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

残ざん虐ぎゃく

zangyaku

cruel, brutal

Example sentences

戦争中多せんそうちゅうおおくの残虐ざんぎゃく行為こういが行おこなわれた。
Many atrocities were committed during the war.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
警官けいかんはその残虐ざんぎゃくな殺人事件さつじんじけんの手てがかりを探さがしている。
The cops are searching for clues to the brutal murder.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
警官けいかんたちはその残虐ざんぎゃくな殺人事件さつじんじけんの手掛てがかりを捜さがしている。
The cops are searching for clues to the cruel murder.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 残虐

残remainder; leftoverOnザン・サンKunのこる・のこす・そこなう
虐tyrannize; oppressOnギャクKunしいたげる

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