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60 容赦なく Relentlessly

Alternative Meanings

Mercilessly

Part of Speech

Adverb

Reading

ようしゃなく

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

父は弟を容赦なく殴りつけました。

Dad relentlessly beat my younger brother.

Meaning Explanation

Remember how 容赦 can mean "forgiveness" and "mercy?" Well add なく (basically making it NOT that), and it becomes relentlessly and mercilessly. The exact opposite of what it was before!

Reading Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji (with なく attached to it). You should be able to read this on your own.

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