[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
[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
[あこぎ, akogi] (adj-na, n) greed; cruelty; insistent; insistence
[つみつくり, tsumitsukuri] (adj-na, n) sinfulness; cruelty
[ざんこく, zankoku] (adj-na, n) atrocity; cruelty; brutality
[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)
[じゃけん, jaken] (adj-na, n) cruelty; hard-heartedness
[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
[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)