惨さん憺たん

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Meanings

Literary たる adjective describing a deeply pitiful, tragic, or horrible state. Often used in written or formal contexts.

painstaking; with great effort

Almost exclusively used in the set phrase 苦心惨憺 (くしんさんたん), meaning 'after much painstaking effort'. Rarely appears independently.

悲ひ惨さん
悲惨 is a common word for 'miserable' or 'tragic', while 惨憺 is a literary, more intense expression.
苦く心しん惨さん憺たん
苦心惨憺 is the idiomatic compound where 惨憺 appears in its 'painstaking' sense; 惨憺 alone is rarely used this way.

意い匠しょう惨さん憺たん
taxing one's ingenuity in devising something; agonizing over design or creation; making strenuous efforts to devise good ways and means
疾しっ痛つう惨さん憺たん
terrible worry; extreme anxiety
苦く心しん惨さん憺たん
taking great pains; going to great lengths; making strenuous efforts

From Chinese 慘澹 (cǎndàn), meaning 'gloomy' or 'miserable'. The Japanese reading さんたん is the on'yomi of the kanji.

さ

ん

た

ん

Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Literary たる adjective describing a deeply pitiful, tragic, or horrible state. Often used in written or formal contexts.

painstaking; with great effort

Almost exclusively used in the set phrase 苦心惨憺 (くしんさんたん), meaning 'after much painstaking effort'. Rarely appears independently.

悲ひ惨さん
悲惨 is a common word for 'miserable' or 'tragic', while 惨憺 is a literary, more intense expression.
苦く心しん惨さん憺たん
苦心惨憺 is the idiomatic compound where 惨憺 appears in its 'painstaking' sense; 惨憺 alone is rarely used this way.

意い匠しょう惨さん憺たん
taxing one's ingenuity in devising something; agonizing over design or creation; making strenuous efforts to devise good ways and means
疾しっ痛つう惨さん憺たん
terrible worry; extreme anxiety
苦く心しん惨さん憺たん
taking great pains; going to great lengths; making strenuous efforts

From Chinese 慘澹 (cǎndàn), meaning 'gloomy' or 'miserable'. The Japanese reading さんたん is the on'yomi of the kanji.