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For pronunciation and definitions of れいこく – see the following entries.
冷酷
[adjective] cruel, severe
[noun] cruelty, severity
Alternative spelling
冷刻
例刻
[noun] the regular time, the usual hour
[noun] (euphemistic) that one
(This term, れいこく (reikoku), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)