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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

悲ひ惨さん

hisan

tragic, miserable

Example sentences

戦争せんそうには悲惨ひさんと悲かなしみが伴ともなう。
Misery and sorrow accompany war.
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彼かれは何年なんねんも悲惨ひさんな生活せいかつを送おくらなければならなかった。
He had to lead a miserable life for many years.
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彼女かのじょは悲惨ひさんな死しに方かたをした。
She died a miserable death.
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Kanji in 悲惨

悲grieve; sadOnヒKunかなしい・かなしむ
惨wretched; disasterOnサン・ザンKunみじめ・いたむ・むごい

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