[こく, koku] (n) (1) archaic period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); (2) (刻 only) carving; engraving; cutting; mincing; (3) (剋 only) victory; (4) strictness; cruelty; (P) #8175
[ぎゃくたい, gyakutai] (n, vs, adj-no) abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty; (P) #8984
[かこく, kakoku] (adj-na, n) rigour; rigor; severity; cruelty; harsh; (P) #14208
[ざんこく, zankoku] (adj-na, n) cruelty; harshness; (P) #14376
[ひどい, hidoi] (adj-i) (uk) cruel; awful; severe; very bad; serious; terrible; heavy; violent; (P) #16224
[ざんぎゃく, zangyaku] (adj-na, n) cruelty; brutality; (P) #17385
[れいこく, reikoku] (adj-na, n) cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless; (P) #18736
[ezui] (adj-i) (1) unpleasant; uncomfortable; (2) frightening; (3) cruel; rude; violent; wild
[ひどいしうち, hidoishiuchi] (exp) (See 仕打ち) cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
[あこぎ, akogi] (adj-na, n) greed; cruelty; insistent; insistence
[いじわるい, ijiwarui] (adj-i) ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
[いんごう, ingou] (adj-na, n) heartless; cruel; causes and actions; results of actions in previous life
[かたくむじょう, katakumujou] (exp) This world is uncertain (cruel) like a burning house
[かぎゃく, kagyaku] (adj-na, n) cruel treatment
[ごうよくひどう, gouyokuhidou] (n, adj-na) abnormally and inhumanly greedy; cruel and rapacious
[ころう, korou] (n) wild beasts; greedy and cruel man
[ごうもんとうきんしじょうやく, goumontoukinshijouyaku] (n) Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
[こくはく, kokuhaku] (adj-na, n) cruel; inhumane
[こくなやりかた, kokunayarikata] (n) cruel deed
[さいき, saiki] (n) cruel creditor; bill collector
[きわどい, kiwadoi] (adj-i) (1) very close; close; narrow (e.g. narrow victory); dangerous; risky; hazardous; (2) suggestive; bordering on the obscene; risqué; delicate (e.g. question); immoral; questionable; shady; (3) (arch) extreme; harsh; cruel
[つみつくり, tsumitsukuri] (adj-na, n) sinfulness; cruelty
[せっしょう, sesshou] (n, vs) (1) killing; destruction of life; (adj-na) (2) barbarous; callous; brutal; cruel
[むごい, mugoi] (adj-i) cruel; atrocious; merciless; inhuman; brutal
[ざんこく, zankoku] (adj-na, n) atrocity; cruelty; brutality
[さんれつ, sanretsu] (adj-na, n) horrible; cruel; atrocious
[ざんこくひどう, zankokuhidou] (n, adj-na) inhumanity; atrocity; abominable cruelty
[ざんにん, zannin] (adj-na, n) cruelty; atrocity; brutality; (P)
[ざんにんこくはく, zanninkokuhaku] (n, adj-na) cruel; brutal; atrocious; merciless
[ざんにんひじょう, zanninhijou] (n, adj-na) utterly callous; atrociously brutal; cruel and inhuman
[ざんにんひどう, zanninhidou] (n, adj-na) cruel and inhuman; brutal; merciless
[ざんにんれいこく, zanninreikoku] (n, adj-na) atrocious and cold-blooded; cruel; brutal; merciless
[すてるかみあればひろうかみあり, suterukamiarebahiroukamiari] (exp) (id) When one door is shut, another is open; The world is as kind as it is cruel
[じゃけん, jaken] (adj-na, n) hard hearted; cruel; unkind
[じゃけん, jaken] (adj-na, n) cruelty; hard-heartedness
[しゅんしょう, shunshou] (adj-na) (1) tall and steep; (2) severe and dignified; severe and cruel
[こころない, kokoronai] (adj-i) thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel
[どうぶつあいごきょうかい, doubutsuaigokyoukai] (n) Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
[どうぶつぎゃくたい, doubutsugyakutai] (n) animal abuse; animal cruelty; cruelty to animals; cruelty toward animals
[はくじょう, hakujou] (adj-na, n) unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
[ぼうぎゃく, bougyaku] (adj-na, n) tyranny; outrage; atrocity; cruel; (P)
[ぼうぎゃくひどう, bougyakuhidou] (n, adj-na) violent and cruel; tyrannical and atrocious
[むざん, muzan] (adj-na, n) cruelty; atrocity; cold-bloodedness; tragedy; misery; (P)
[むじょう, mujou] (n, adj-no, adj-na) heartlessness; hardness; cruelty; ruthless; (P)
[むたい, mutai] (adj-na, n, adj-no) (1) intangible; incorporeal; (2) (See 無理) by force; outrageous; cruel; unreasonable; (3) making light of; making fun of
[れいこくむざん, reikokumuzan] (n, adj-na) cruel and heartless; merciless; implacable; cold-blooded
[れいこくむじょう, reikokumujou] (n, adj-na) cruel and heartless; merciless; implacable
[しょうこく, shoukoku] (adj-t, adv-to) (arch) very rigorous; strict; cruel
[どうあく, douaku] (adj-na) violent; cruel; fiendish