[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
[ojiya] (n) (See 雑炊) rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce
[おかゆ, okayu] (n) thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel
[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
[しごき, shigoki] (n) (1) hazing; gruelling training; (2) waistband; woman's undergirdle
[いじわるい, ijiwarui] (adj-i) ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
[いもがゆ, imogayu] (n) (1) rice gruel with diced sweet potatoes; (2) (arch) gruel with ivy broth and finely minced Japanese yam served at large Imperial banquets
[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
[くずゆ, kuzuyu] (n) kudzu starch gruel
[かゆ, kayu] (n) thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; (P)
[かゆばら, kayubara] (n) surviving on rice gruel
[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
[ぞうすい, zousui] (n) (See おじや) rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce; (P)
[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
[ななくさがゆ, nanakusagayu] (n) rice gruel containing the seven plants of spring
[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
[じゅうやがゆ, juuyagayu] (n) { Buddh } (See 十夜・じゅうや) rice gruel served in temples for ten-night memorial services
[おもゆ, omoyu] (n) thin rice gruel; rice water
[しゅんしょう, shunshou] (adj-na) (1) tall and steep; (2) severe and dignified; severe and cruel
[あずきがゆ, azukigayu] (n) rice gruel with adzuki beans
[こころない, kokoronai] (adj-i) thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel
[ちゃがゆ, chagayu] (n) tea gruel; tea flavoured rice gruel