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容赦なく (ようしゃなく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

容よう赦しゃなく

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Common word

Meanings

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adverb

mercilessly; relentlessly; without mercy

Used when someone acts without leniency, pity, or restraint; often describes harsh criticism, strict enforcement, or unrelenting natural forces.

See also: 容赦

上じょう司しはミスを容よう赦しゃなく指し摘てきした。
The boss mercilessly pointed out the mistakes.

Written forms

容よう赦しゃなく
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
容よう赦しゃ無なく
Alternate kanji spelling using 無 for なく; less common but still encountered.

Kanji

容contain, form, looks
赦pardon, forgiveness
無

太たい陽ようが容よう赦しゃなく照てりつけている。

The sun is beating down relentlessly.

nothingness, none, ain't

Similar words

容よう赦しゃ
容赦 is a noun meaning 'mercy' or 'pardon'; 容赦なく is its adverbial form meaning 'without mercy'.
無む慈じ悲ひに
無慈悲に also means 'mercilessly' but carries a stronger nuance of cruelty or lack of compassion, often in a moral sense.

Etymology

Adverbial form of 容赦 (mercy, pardon) with the negative なく, literally 'without mercy'. 容赦 is a Sino-Japanese compound of 容 (accept, tolerate) and 赦 (pardon, forgive).