How to say cruel in Japanese

JLPTN4
ひどいhidoi☆《酷い・非道い》 Inflection

adjective:

  • cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe
  • violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme
  • very bad; terrible; awful
  • excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust ➜ 酷く

Example Sentences

目の不自由なmenofujiyuuna人hitoをwoばかにするbakanisuruのnoはha残酷なzankokunaことkotoであるdearu。
It is cruel to mock a blind man.
毛皮kegawaのnoコートKOOTOのnoためにtameni動物doubutsuをwo罠wanaでde捕獲hokakuするsuruのnoはha残酷なzankokunaことkotoだda。
I think it is cruel to trap animals for fur coats.
民衆minshuuはha残酷なzankokuna暴君boukunによってniyotte虐げられていたshiitagerareteita。
The people suffered under the cruel tyrant.
彼女kanojoはha私watashiにはniha残酷zankokuそうsouにni見えるmieru。
She appears to me to be cruel.
彼らkareraがgaそのsono少年shounenをwoそんなにsonnaniきつくkitsuku働かせるhatarakaseruのnoはha残酷zankokuだda。
It is cruel of them to make the boy work so hard.

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