Word details
苦心惨憺
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 苦心惨憺.
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Entry
1
taking great pains
Examples
苦心惨憺の末、考え出した企画が、会議で一瞬にして却下されちゃうんだからな。
After all the trouble we went to in coming up with that project, it only took them a second to shoot it down in the meeting.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
苦
suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
8 strokesFrequency 623JLPT N2Grade 3
On
ク
Kun
くる.しい-ぐる.しいくる.しむくる.しめるにが.いにが.る
心
heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
4 strokesFrequency 157JLPT N3Grade 2
On
シン
Kun
こころ-ごころ
惨
wretched, disaster, cruelty, harsh
11 strokesFrequency 1,463JLPT N1Grade 8
On
サンザン
Kun
みじ.めいた.むむご.い
憺
calm, quiet, move
16 strokes
On
タン
澹
calm, quiet, bland, rocking, rippling, suffice
16 strokes
On
タンセン
Kun
あわ.い
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