悲ひ惨さん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Describes situations, events, or conditions that are extremely sad, pitiful, or catastrophic. Often used for news, stories, or personal circumstances.

事じ故この現げん場ばは悲ひ惨さんな状じょう況きょうだった。
The scene of the accident was a tragic sight.
彼かれは悲ひ惨さんな子こ供ども時じ代だいを送おくった。
He had a miserable childhood.

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Usage patterns

悲ひ惨さんな目めに遭あうto have a terrible/tragic experience
彼かれは事じ故こで悲ひ惨さんな目めに遭あった。
He had a terrible experience because of the accident.
悲ひ惨さんな状じょう況きょうに陥おちいるto fall into a dire/tragic situation
難なん民みんたちは悲ひ惨さんな状じょう況きょうに陥おちいっている。
The refugees have fallen into a dire situation.
悲ひ惨さんな結けっ果かを招まねくto lead to disastrous results
その判はん断だんミスが悲ひ惨さんな結けっ果かを招まねいた。
That misjudgment led to disastrous results.
悲ひ惨さんな最さい期ごを迎むかえるto meet a tragic end/death
主しゅ人じん公こうは戦せん争そうの中なかで悲ひ惨さんな最さい期ごを迎むかえた。
The protagonist met a tragic end amid the war.

Kanji

悲grieve, sad, deplore
惨wretched, disaster, cruelty
酸acid, bitterness, sour

Related words· 7

悲ひ劇げき的てき
悲劇的 emphasizes a dramatic, tragedy-like quality (as in a play or story), while 悲惨 stresses the sheer misery or wretchedness of a real situation.
惨みじめN2
惨め describes a person's own subjective feeling of wretchedness, while 悲惨 objectively describes how dire an external situation or event is.
悲ひ劇げきN3
悲劇 is a noun naming a tragedy or tragic event, whereas 悲惨 is an adjective describing how miserable or catastrophic something is.
凄せい惨さん
凄惨 describes scenes of gruesome, blood-chilling horror (e.g. a massacre), a stronger and more graphic word than the broader 悲惨.

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無む残ざんN1
悲惨 means tragic or disastrous and focuses purely on the misery of a situation, while 無残 adds a nuance of cruelty behind the pitiful state.
惨さん状じょう
悲惨 is an adjective/noun describing something as miserable or tragic in general, while 惨状 specifically names the visible scene of devastation.
痛いたましいN1
悲惨 emphasizes how disastrous or miserable a situation objectively is, while 痛ましい focuses on the emotional pity it evokes in the observer.

Written forms

悲ひ惨さんUsage97%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency in news and general use.
ひさんUsage3%
ヒサンUsage<1%
悲ひ酸さん
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

Compound of 悲 (sad, mournful) and 惨 (miserable, wretched). The combination emphasizes extreme sadness and pitifulness.