苦心惨憺
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 苦心惨憺
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.
Kanji in this Word
苦
8 strokes
Frequency: 623
JLPT N2
Grade 3
Meanings
suffering
trial
worry
hardship
feel bitter
scowl
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ク
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
くる.しい
-ぐる.しい
くる.しむ
くる.しめる
にが.い
にが.る
心
4 strokes
Frequency: 157
JLPT N3
Grade 2
Meanings
heart
mind
spirit
heart radical (no. 61)
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
シン
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
こころ
-ごころ
惨
11 strokes
Frequency: 1463
JLPT N1
Grade 8
Meanings
wretched
disaster
cruelty
harsh
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
サン
ザン
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
みじ.め
いた.む
むご.い
憺
16 strokes
Meanings
calm
quiet
move
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
タン
澹
16 strokes
Meanings
calm
quiet
bland
rocking
rippling
suffice
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
タン
セン
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
あわ.い
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