Moto 虐: Tyrannize; OppressKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ギャク
- Kun'yomi
- しいた(げる)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 64 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ギャク)
- 虐殺ぎゃくさつslaughter; massacre
- 虐待ぎゃくたいabuse; ill-treatment
- 残虐ざんぎゃくcruel; brutal
- 暴虐ぼうぎゃくtyranny; atrocity
- 自虐じぎゃくself-torture; masochism
- ソンミ村虐殺事件ソンミむらぎゃくさつじけんMy Lai Massacre; Son My Massacre
- ルワンダ虐殺ルワンダぎゃくさつRwandan genocide (1994)
- 児童性的虐待じどうせいてきぎゃくたいchild sexual abuse; child molestation
- 児童虐待じどうぎゃくたいchild abuse
- 八虐はちぎゃくthe eight unpardonable crimes in ancient Japanese law
- 凌虐りょうぎゃくhumiliation; indignity
- 加虐かぎゃくcausing pain; sadism
- 加虐性愛かぎゃくせいあいsadism
- 加虐性愛者かぎゃくせいあいしゃsadist
- 加虐性欲かぎゃくせいよくsadism
- 加虐愛かぎゃくあいsadism
- 加虐的かぎゃくてきsadistic
- 動物虐待どうぶつぎゃくたいanimal abuse; animal cruelty
- 嗜虐しぎゃくsadism
- 嗜虐心しぎゃくしんsadistic desires; sadistic feelings
- 嗜虐性しぎゃくせいsadism
- 嗜虐的しぎゃくてきsadistic
- 大虐殺だいぎゃくさつmassacre; mass slaughter
- 大量虐殺たいりょうぎゃくさつmassacre; genocide
- 幼児虐待ようじぎゃくたいchild abuse
- 幼児虐殺ようじぎゃくさつMassacre of the Innocents; episode of infanticide by Herod that appears in the New Testament
- 性的虐待せいてきぎゃくたいsexual abuse
- 性虐待せいぎゃくたいsexual abuse
- 悪虐あくぎゃくatrocity
- 悪虐無道あくぎゃくむどうtreacherous; heinous
- 惨虐ざんぎゃくcruel; brutal
- 暴虐を極めるぼうぎゃくをきわめるto act with extreme violence
- 暴虐非道ぼうぎゃくひどうviolent and cruel; tyrannical and atrocious
- 残虐無道ざんぎゃくむどうinhumanity; atrocity
- 残虐非道ざんぎゃくひどうinhumanity; atrocity
- 民族大虐殺みんぞくだいぎゃくさつracial genocide
- 自虐ネタじぎゃくネタself-deprecating routine; self-deprecating joke
- 自虐史観じぎゃくしかんmasochistic view of history; self-tormenting historical view
- 自虐的じぎゃくてきself-torturing; masochistic
- 苛虐かぎゃくcruel treatment
- 虐使ぎゃくしdriving someone too hard
- 虐待死ぎゃくたいしdeath by (child) abuse; (child) abuse resulting in death
- 虐待者ぎゃくたいしゃabuser (of a person or animal)
- 虐政ぎゃくせいtyranny; despotism
- 虐遇ぎゃくぐうill-treatment; abuse
- 被虐ひぎゃくsuffering (as a result of maltreatment)
- 被虐待児ひぎゃくたいじphysically abused child; battered child
- 被虐待児症候群ひぎゃくたいじしょうこうぐんbattered child syndrome
- 被虐性愛ひぎゃくせいあい(sexual) masochism
- 被虐性愛者ひぎゃくせいあいしゃmasochist
- 被虐性欲ひぎゃくせいよくmasochism
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 虐げるしいたげるto oppress; to persecute
- 虐げられた人人しいたげられたひとびとthe oppressed; downtrodden people
Other readings
- 虐めいじめbullying; teasing
- ネット虐めネットいじめcyberbullying; online harassment
- 南京大虐殺ナンキンだいぎゃくさつNanking Massacre; Rape of Nanking
- 弱い者虐めよわいものいじめpicking on somebody smaller than oneself; bullying the weak
- 虐げられた人々しいたげられたひとびとthe oppressed; downtrodden people
- 虐めるいじめるto ill-treat; to bully
- 虐め自殺いじめじさつsuicide caused by bullying or harassment; bullying-related suicide
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