Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 苦心惨憺(くしんさんたん) in Japanese

苦心惨憺
Kana Reading
くしんさんたん
Romaji
kushinsantan
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    taking great pains
    Example sentence
    苦心惨憺考え出した企画が、会議一瞬して却下されちゃうだからな。 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.

Examples of 苦心惨憺, くしんさんたん in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 1

11 strokes

wretched, disaster, cruelty, harsh

On'Yomi: サン, ザン

Kun'Yomi: みじ.め, いた.む, むご.い

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JLPT 3

8 strokes

suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl

On'Yomi: ク

Kun'Yomi: くる.しい, -ぐる.しい, くる.しむ, くる.しめる, にが.い, にが.る

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JLPT 4

4 strokes

heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

On'Yomi: シン

Kun'Yomi: こころ, -ごころ

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16 strokes

calm, quiet, move

On'Yomi: タン

Kun'Yomi:

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