散々

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
さん
Grade: 4
さん > ざん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
散散

Pronunciation

  • (adjective):
  • (adverb):

Adjective

(さん)(ざん) (sanzanさんざん (sanzan)?-na (adnominal (さん)(ざん) (sanzan na), adverbial (さん)(ざん) (sanzan ni))

  1. brutal, horrible
    Synonyms: 酷い (hidoi), 最悪 (saiaku)
    散々(さんざん)結果(けっか)
    sanzan na kekka
    brutal results

Inflection

Adverb

(さん)(ざん) (sanzanさんざん (sanzan)?

  1. brutally, terribly, heavily
    散々(さんざん)(なぐ)れる
    sanzan nagurareru
    to be beat heavily; to be brutalized
  2. with effort
    散々(さんざん)苦労(くろう)する
    sanzan kurō suru
    to toil
  3. very, extremely, completely, thoroughly
    Synonyms: とても (totemo), 非常 (hijō)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN