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苛酷 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
苛酷
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Reading : かこく   
rigour; rigor; severity; cruelty; harsh
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 81,051 which gives a rank of 11,317
苛酷 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 126,000 (about 895,000 results)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
いこく
異国
おか
まんしゅう
満州
からシベリア
かこく
苛酷
こうぐん
行軍
ものがたり
物語
title of book, album etc.
To the Hills of a Foreign Country: The Story of a Severe March from Manchuria to Siberia
アウトオブコントロール
ふくしま
福島
げんぱつ
原発
じこ
事故
あまりに
かこく
苛酷
げんじつ
現実
title of book, album etc.
Out of Control: Excessively Harsh Realities of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
かこく
苛酷
かかく
価格
きょうそう
競争
なか
しゃ
われわれ
我々
けしかけて
しゃ
たたか
わせて
ぎょふ
漁夫
よう
としている
Company A is trying to play us off against Company B in a severe price-war.
かこく
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 53,000 (about 8,400,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 11 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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カ   いら irritation   
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カ    good, possible, approval   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
hook
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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grass   
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   
sake flask   とり sign of the bird   
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西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
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