むごく (ムゴク)
Mugoku · むごく — cruel, merciless, pitiless, brutal, atrocious, inhuman; tragic, horrible, terrible, dreadful, miserable, ugly, horrifying
Other ways to say “cruel” in Japanese →
むごく in rōmaji: mugoku.
| 表層形 (Surface) |
むごく
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
惨い
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| 読み (Reading) |
ムゴク
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| 品詞 (POS) |
形容詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
形容詞
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
連用形-一般
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
むごく
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| 読み・基本形 |
ムゴイ
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| 表記・基本形 |
むごい
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| 見出し語の読み |
ムゴイ
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Used in formal or literary contexts to describe cruel acts or tragic situations. Less common in casual speech than 'zankoku'.
その事件はむごくて悲しい。
Sono jiken wa mugoku te kanashii.
That incident is cruel and sad.
むごい仕打ちに彼女は泣いた。
Mugoi shiuchi ni kanojo wa naita.
She cried at the cruel treatment.
⚖️ Commonly confused with 'zankoku' (cruel), but 'mugoku' often implies a sense of tragedy or horror, while 'zankoku' focuses on the act itself.
むごく means “cruel, merciless, pitiless, brutal, atrocious, inhuman; tragic, horrible, terrible, dreadful, miserable, ugly, horrifying” — full definition & examples →
| 丁寧形 (Polite) |
惨いです
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
惨くない
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| 過去形 (Past) |
惨かった
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| て形 (Te-form) |
惨くて
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| 副詞形 (Adverbial) |
惨く
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| 仮定形 (Conditional) |
惨ければ
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