Illustration: In a Japanese neighborhood sandpit, a younger child kneels beside an elaborate sandcastle, visibly tearful as an older child deliberately crushes its last intact tower under one sandal.

JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

残ざん酷こく

zankoku

cruel, brutal

Example sentences

怪物かいぶつは残酷ざんこくな微笑ほほえみを浮うかべた。
The monster’s smile was cruel.
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彼かれは子供こどもに残酷ざんこくだ。
He is a brute to his children.
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運命うんめいは時ときとして残酷ざんこくである。
Destiny is sometimes cruel.
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Kanji in 残酷

残remainder; leftoverOnザン・サンKunのこる・のこす・そこなう
酷cruel; severeOnコクKunひどい

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