Word details

横暴

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 横暴.

Dictionary

Entry

横暴うぼうNoun~な Adj.Freq #11311
1

violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism

Examples
彼の横暴ぶりは目に余った。
His tyrannies were beyond endurance.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof, unreasonable, perverse

15 strokesFrequency 480JLPT N2Grade 3

On

オウ

Kun

よこ

outburst, rave, fret, force, violence, cruelty, outrage

15 strokesFrequency 692JLPT N2Grade 5

On

ボウバク

Kun

あば.くあば.れる

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