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酷い: cruel, heartless | JLPT N4 Vocabulary | JLPTMatome

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酷い

JLPT N4Vocabulary

酷(ひど)い

ひどい

cruel, heartless

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Reading and meaning Adjective forms Example sentences Kanji in this lesson

Reading and meaning

Reading: ひどい
Romaji: hidoi
Meaning: cruel, heartless
Word type: i adjective

Adjective forms

Present: 酷(ひど)いです
Present negative: 酷(ひど)くないです
酷(ひど)くありません
Past: 酷(ひど)かったです
Past negative: 酷(ひど)くなかったです
酷(ひど)くありませんでした
Before a noun: 酷(ひど)い
Connective: 酷(ひど)くて
Adverbial: 酷(ひど)く
Ba conditional: 酷(ひど)ければ
Tara conditional: 酷(ひど)かったら
Appearance: 酷(ひど)そうです
Change of state: 酷(ひど)くなります
Excess: 酷(ひど)すぎます
Nominalized: 酷(ひど)いの

Present: 酷(ひど)い
Present negative: 酷(ひど)くない
Past: 酷(ひど)かった
Past negative: 酷(ひど)くなかった
Before a noun: 酷(ひど)い
Connective: 酷(ひど)くて
Adverbial: 酷(ひど)く
Ba conditional: 酷(ひど)ければ
Tara conditional: 酷(ひど)かったら
Appearance: 酷(ひど)そうだ
Change of state: 酷(ひど)くなる
Excess: 酷(ひど)すぎる
Nominalized: 酷(ひど)いの

Example sentences

FuriganaEnglish

彼(かれ)の酷(ひど)い言葉(ことば)に、彼女(かのじょ)は泣(な

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きました。

She cried because of his cruel words.

あの人(ひと)は動物(どうぶつ)に酷(ひど)いことをします。

That person does cruel things to animals.

彼(かれ)の酷(ひど)い態度(たいど)に、みんな怒(おこ)りました。

Everyone got angry at his cruel attitude.

酷(ひど)いことを言(い)わないでください。

Please do not say such cruel things.

Kanji in this lesson

酷cruel, severe, atrocious, unjustJLPT N3