READING  サン、ザン、みじ-め
MEANING  wretched
JLPT level N1 (full info & stroke order)
 
Words/compounds
くしんさんたん
taking great pains
ひさん
disastrous, tragic, miserable, wretched, pitiful
さんじ
disaster, horrible accident
 
Example sentences
苦心惨憺
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.
悲惨
彼女は悲惨な死に方をした。
She died a miserable death.
惨事
不幸にも、その大惨事で生き残った乗客はほとんどいなかった。
Unfortunately, few passengers survived the catastrophe.
 
Lookalikes
 
サン、まい-る 
participate