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残ざん酷こく

N1
ざんこく zankoku
  1. cruelty
  2. harshness
な-adjectivenoun

Chinese meanings

残酷

Examples

  • 怪物は残酷な微笑みを浮かべた。
    The monster's smile was cruel.
    怪物露出残酷的微笑。
  • 彼かの女じょは私わたしには残ざん酷こくそうに見みえる。
    She appears to me to be cruel.
    她看起来对我很残酷。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f5d9fdc3f4'); // 残酷
{
  "id": "f5d9fdc3f4",
  "word": "残酷",
  "reading": "ざんこく",
  "romaji": "zankoku",
  "meanings": [
    "cruelty",
    "harshness"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adj-na",
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1304600,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "怪物は残酷な微笑みを浮かべた。",
      "en": "The monster's smile was cruel.",
      "tatoeba_id": 185154
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼女は私には残酷そうに見える。",
      "furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{私|わたし}には{残酷|ざんこく}そうに{見|み}える。",
      "en": "She appears to me to be cruel.",
      "tatoeba_id": 89541
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "237e3920013ec3ae1068292d080b905edf81cd298254a09a3a61b2ee131f0e66",
    "meanings": [
      "残酷"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "怪物は残酷な微笑みを浮かべた。",
        "zh": "怪物露出残酷的微笑。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼女は私には残酷そうに見える。",
        "zh": "她看起来对我很残酷。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/f5d9fdc3f4",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1304600; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "4c8f6c28425a9d114e888d5c7a1f04786abb98278d46c83813e925d91f2fac2a",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}