Definition of 残酷 (ざんこく)

ざんこく

残酷

ざんこく

zankoku

na-adjective, noun
cruel, brutal, ruthless, merciless, inhuman
Other readings:
残刻【ざんこく】
惨酷【ざんこく】
Related Kanji
remainder, leftover, balance
cruel, severe, atrocious, unjust
engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving
wretched, disaster, cruelty, harsh
Conjugations
na-adjective
Plain
Polite
Negative
Negative (Polite)
Present Indicative - Non-past, present and future tense
残酷だ
ざんこくだ
zankokuda
残酷です
ざんこくです
zankokudesu
残酷ではない
ざんこくではない
zankokudewanai

残酷じゃない
ざんこくじゃない
zankokujanai
残酷ではありません
ざんこくではありません
zankokudewaarimasen
Past Indicative - Perfective, past-tense
残酷だった
ざんこくだった
zankokudatta
残酷でした
ざんこくでした
zankokudeshita
残酷ではなかった
ざんこくではなかった
zankokudewanakatta
残酷ではありませんでした
ざんこくではありませんでした
zankokudewaarimasendeshita
Volitional - We will.., We intend to.., Lets..
残酷かろう
ざんこくかろう
zankokukarou
Presumptive - Probably.. Maybe..
残酷だろう
ざんこくだろう
zankokudarou
te-form
残酷で
ざんこくで
zankokude
Na adjective
残酷な
ざんこくな
zankokuna
Adverb
残酷に
ざんこくに
zankokuni
Provisional - Hypothetical conditional, If (hypothetical)..
残酷であれば
ざんこくであれば
zankokudeareba

残酷なら
ざんこくなら
zankokunara
残酷ではなければ
ざんこくではなければ
zankokudewanakereba
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Example sentences(showing 1-20 of 29 results)

I never thought he was capable of doing something so cruel

Can a child do such a cruel thing

かのじょ
彼女
わた
ざんこく
残酷
She appears to me to be cruel

Don't be cruel to animals

ざんこく
残酷な
おと
けいしょ
刑務所
はんけつ
判決
Eventually the cruel man was sentenced to jail

ぎゃくた
虐待
かれ
ざんこく
残酷
It is cruel of him to ill-treat pets

めん
じんせい
人生
ざんこく
残酷な
わた
私たち
ひとひと
1人1人
おお
大きな
もんだい
問題
よう
用意
In a way, life is a cruel thing. It holds major problems in store for each one of us

Cruelty is quite alien to his nature

わた
かれ
きら
嫌いな
かれ
ざんこく
残酷
It is because he is cruel that I dislike him

It is cruel of him to say such things to her

It was cruel of him to say such things to her

だいいちかいたいせん
第一次世界大戦
ちょくご
直後
ひとびと
人々
ざんこく
残酷な
せんそう
戦争
ふた
再び
ゆめ
夢にも
Soon after the end of World War 1, people never thought such a hateful and cruel war would break out again

He is a man who I supposed was incapable of such cruelty

It is cruel of them to make the boy work so hard

わた
どうぶつ
動物
ざんこく
残酷な
あつ
扱い
I don't like to see animals cruelly treated

あっとうてきすう
圧倒的多数
ざんこく
残酷な
けいばつ
刑罰
はい
廃止
ひょ
とう
投じた
An overwhelming majority voted to abolish the brutal punishment

かれ
ども
子供
ざんこく
残酷
He is a brute to his children

うんめい
運命
ざんこく
残酷
Destiny is sometimes cruel

きみ
かのじょ
彼女の
ざんこく
残酷
It is cruel of you to find fault with her

みんしゅ
民衆
ざんこく
残酷な
ぼうくん
暴君
The people suffered under the cruel tyrant
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