惨憺 さんたん
santan

Taru Adjective
To-Adverb

1. miserable; pitiful; tragic; wretched; horrible; terrible

それはさんたんたる有様 ありさまだった。
sore hasanta ntaru arisamadatta.
That was a fearful scene.
Taru Adjective
To-Adverb

2. painstaking

Related to 苦心惨憺
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