- hijou cold-hearted, callous, unfeeling, cruel; insentient (objects), insensate, inanimate
Literary or dramatic word for harsh, unfeeling cruelty; less common in casual speech than 冷酷.
彼の非情な態度に皆が傷ついた。
Kare no hijou na taido ni mina ga kizutsuita.
Everyone was hurt by his cold-hearted attitude.
非情な現実を前に、彼は立ち尽くした。
Hijou na genjitsu o mae ni, kare wa tachitsukushita.
Faced with the cruel reality, he stood still.
⚖️ Often confused with 非常 (hijou, emergency), which has the same reading but unrelated meaning.
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