惨さん憺たん

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

miserable; tragic; wretched

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

• 戦せん場じょうの惨さん憺たんたる光こう景けいに言こと葉ばを失うしなった。

  I was speechless at the miserable scene of the battlefield.

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

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.

See also: 苦心惨憺

• 苦く心しん惨さん憺たんの末すえ、ようやく新しん製せい品ひんを完かん成せいさせた。

  After painstaking effort, they finally completed the new product.