Kakoku

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過酷 (Kakoku) is a Japanese na-adjective meaning “severe, harsh, hard, cruel”.

Meanings

  1. na-adjective, nounsevere; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

Examples

  • The surrender terms were harsh.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 過酷

overdocruel

Related words

to pass throughcrossingcruelthe pastsevereto spend (time)passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.)bullyingpassing (e.g. of a typhoon)terriblypassage (of time)cruel