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悲惨 (ひさん): tragedy, disaster; misery, wretched, pitiful — Japanese vocabulary

悲惨 is read ひさん and means "tragedy, disaster; misery, wretched, pitiful". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

悲惨

Reading
ひさん · hisan
Translation
tragedy, disaster; misery, wretched, pitiful
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ひさんが

Example

戦争には悲惨と悲しみが伴う。

せんそうにはひさんとかなしみがともなう。

Misery and sorrow accompany war.

Kanji in this word

  • 悲 — Grieve, Sad, Deplore
  • 惨 — miserable, tragic

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