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悲惨 (ひさん) — tragedy | JLPT N1 · Nihongo Circle

悲惨

ひさん

na-adjective

Meanings

1tragedy
2disaster
3misery
4wretched
5pitiful
6disastrous
7tragic
8miserable

Example sentence

それは悲惨だな。

What a shame!

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

悲Grieve, Sad, Deplore12 strokes 惨Wretched, Disaster, Cruelty11 strokes

More words with 悲

悲観ひかん · pessimismN1 悲鳴ひめい · shriekN1 悲劇ひげき · tragedyN3 悲しいかなしい · sadN4 悲しむかなしむ · to be sad

Full entry on Jisho

N3

慈悲じひ · mercy

悲しみかなしみ · sadness

悲哀ひあい · sorrow

More words with 惨

惨敗ざんぱい · ignominious defeat 惨事さんじ · disaster 惨状さんじょう · disastrous scene 惨めみじめ · miserable

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