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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

冷れい酷こく

N1
れいこく reikoku
  1. cruelty
  2. coldheartedness
  3. relentless
  4. ruthless
な-adjectivenoun

Chinese meanings

冷酷

Examples

  • 犬いぬを叩たたくなんて彼かれは冷れい酷こくだ。
    It was cruel of him to beat his dog.
    他竟然打狗,真冷酷。
  • 彼の冷酷な言葉が今でも私の心の中でうずいている。
    His bitter words still rankle in my mind.
    他冷酷的话至今仍刺痛我的心。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('d6a5ec1c0b'); // 冷酷
{
  "id": "d6a5ec1c0b",
  "word": "冷酷",
  "reading": "れいこく",
  "romaji": "reikoku",
  "meanings": [
    "cruelty",
    "coldheartedness",
    "relentless",
    "ruthless"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adj-na",
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1556980,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "犬を叩くなんて彼は冷酷だ。",
      "furigana": "{犬|いぬ}を{叩|たた}くなんて{彼|かれ}は{冷酷|れいこく}だ。",
      "en": "It was cruel of him to beat his dog.",
      "tatoeba_id": 175222
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼の冷酷な言葉が今でも私の心の中でうずいている。",
      "en": "His bitter words still rankle in my mind.",
      "tatoeba_id": 115855
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "44fd12d05e45a2e95a860247cdae8a21fe4d02f0d3e1a550c0369146ca631616",
    "meanings": [
      "冷酷"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "犬を叩くなんて彼は冷酷だ。",
        "zh": "他竟然打狗,真冷酷。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼の冷酷な言葉が今でも私の心の中でうずいている。",
        "zh": "他冷酷的话至今仍刺痛我的心。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/d6a5ec1c0b",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1556980; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "c74116274a1358b2996f2efcb72f6a89508851c0c94f692c83fd1d2c01be9e09"
  }
}