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残忍冷酷 (ざんにんれいこく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Kanji 残 remainder, leftover, balance 忍 endure, bear, put up with 冷 cool, cold (beer, person), chill 酷 cruel, severe, atrocious Report an issue with this page
その 事じ 件けん は 残ざん 忍にん 冷れい 酷こく な 犯はん 行こう と し て 報ほう 道どう さ れ た 。
The incident was reported as a brutal and merciless crime.
残ざん 酷こく 残酷 is a more common word for 'cruel' or 'brutal', while 残忍冷酷 emphasizes both cruelty and cold-heartedness together.
冷れい 酷こく 冷酷 means 'cold-blooded' or 'heartless', focusing on lack of emotion; 残忍冷酷 combines this with 残忍 (brutality).
Etymology Compound of 残忍 (ざんにん, 'brutal') and 冷酷 (れいこく, 'cold-blooded'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the combined meaning.
