I Love Kanji残酷 (zankoku)
残酷 (ざんこく, zankoku) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “cruel; brutal”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ざんこく
- Romaji
- zankoku
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 残酷
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 残酷だ | ざんこくだ zankokuda |
| Present (polite) | 残酷です | ざんこくです zankokudesu |
| Negative | 残酷じゃない | ざんこくじゃない zankokujanai |
| Past | 残酷だった | ざんこくだった zankokudatta |
| Negative past | 残酷じゃなかった | ざんこくじゃなかった zankokujanakatta |
| Te-form | 残酷で | ざんこくで zankokude |
| Before a noun | 残酷な | ざんこくな zankokuna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 残酷に | ざんこくに zankokuni |
Kanji in 残酷
残
remainder, leftover, balanceザン・サン・のこ.る・のこ.す · 10 strokes酷
cruel, severe, atrociousコク・ひど.い · 14 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 残酷.
残念ざんねんregrettable残るのこるto remain残すのこすto leave (behind)残りのこりremainder残らずのこらずall残高ざんだか(bank) balance名残なごりremains残金ざんきんremaining money冷酷れいこくcruelty
Source: JMdict entry 1304600 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.