惨さん劇げき

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Meanings

tragedy; tragic event

Refers to a disastrous, often violent or heartbreaking event, such as a massacre, accident, or catastrophe. Stronger and more dramatic than 悲劇 (ひげき), which can also refer to a theatrical tragedy.

その惨さん劇げきは多おおくの犠ぎ牲せい者しゃを出だした。
That tragedy claimed many victims.
戦せん争そうの惨さん劇げきを二に度どと繰くり返かえしてはいけない。
We must never repeat the tragedy of war.

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Kanji

惨wretched, disaster, cruelty
劇drama, play

Related words

修しゅ羅ら場ば
惨劇 refers to a specific tragic, violent incident, whereas 修羅場 refers more broadly to the chaotic scene or place where such conflict unfolds.
惨さん状じょう
惨劇 refers to a tragic, often violent incident (like a massacre), while 惨状 describes the ruined scene resulting from any disaster.

Don't confuse with

悲ひ劇げきN3
惨劇 refers specifically to a bloody or violent incident, while 悲劇 can describe any sorrowful or ill-fated event, violent or not.
惨さん事じ
惨劇 usually refers to a bloody, violent tragedy like a murder, while 惨事 covers any tragic accident or disaster including natural ones.

Etymology

Compound of 惨 (さん, 'miserable, wretched') and 劇 (げき, 'drama, play'), literally 'miserable drama'. The word likely originated as a translation of Western concepts of tragedy, but is now used for real-life catastrophic events.