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残酷 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
残酷
BOOST
Reading : ざんこく   
cruelty; harshness
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 107,239 which gives a rank of 4,481
残酷 is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 17,000 (about 40,400,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 12639
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 14 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
どうぶつ
動物
ざんこく
残酷
ことしてはいけない
Don't be cruel to animals.
うんめい
運命
とき
として
ざんこく
残酷
である
Destiny is sometimes cruel.
ペット
ぎゃくたい
虐待
する
かれ
ざんこく
残酷

It is cruel of him to ill-treat pets.
残刻
BOOST
Reading : ざんこく   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 127,000 (about 866,000 results)
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惨酷
BOOST
Reading : ざんこく   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 189,000 (about 345,000 results)
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ざんこく
BOOST
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 117,000 (about 1,070,000 results)
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ザン   のこ to remain behind   のこ to leave behind   
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three spears
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tasseled spear
サン   み    みっ three   
death
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コク    cruel   
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コク   つげる to announce   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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sake flask   とり sign of the bird   
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西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
コク   chisel; time   きざ to chisel, engrave   
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sign of the hog; hog   い sign of the hog   いのしし hog   
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short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
lid
トウ   かたな sword   
サン   ザン   みじ miserable, wretched   
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サン   まい to visit, go, come   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ム   private
fur, bristles, beard   
heart
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