苦心くしん惨憺さんたん
kushinsantan

Noun
Suru Verb

1. taking great pains

Intransitive
Yojijukugo
苦心くしん惨憺さんたんすえ、考かんがした企画きかく、会議かいぎ一瞬いっしゅんにして却下きゃっかされちゃうんだからな。
kushinsantanno sue kangaedashita kikakuga kaigide isshunni shite kyakka sarecha un dakarana.
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.
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