凌ぎ

しのぎ

tiding over

凌ぐ

しのぐ

to endure, to keep out (e.g. rain), to stave off (e.g. starvation)

凌駕

りょうが

excelling, surpassing, outdoing, superior

凌雲

りょううん

skyscraping, very high, above the clouds, above this mortal world

凌霄

りょうしょう

Chinese trumpet creeper (Campsis grandiflora)

凌遅

りょうち

Lingchi, Leng Tch'e, slow torture by slicing off parts of the body

加虐

かぎゃく

causing pain, sadism

被虐

ひぎゃく

suffering (as a result of maltreatment)

嗜虐

しぎゃく

sadism

苛虐

かぎゃく

cruel treatment

八虐

はちぎゃく

the eight unpardonable crimes in ancient Japanese law

虐使

ぎゃくし

driving someone too hard

虐殺

ぎゃくさつ

atrocity, massive killing

自虐

じぎゃく

masochism, inflicting damage to oneself

残虐

ざんぎゃく

cruelty, brutality

虐め

いじめ

bullying; teasing

虐遇

ぎゃくぐう

ill-treatment, abuse

虐待

ぎゃくたい

abuse, ill-treatment, maltreatment, mistreatment, cruelty

虐政

ぎゃくせい

tyranny, despotism