JLPT N1 · な-adjective

悲惨 (hisan)

悲惨 (ひさん, hisan) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “disastrous; tragic”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ひさん
Romaji: hisan
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

戦争には悲惨と悲しみが伴う。

Misery and sorrow accompany war.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 悲惨

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	悲惨だ	ひさんだ hisanda
Present (polite)	悲惨です	ひさんです hisandesu
Negative	悲惨じゃない	ひさんじゃない hisanjanai
Past	悲惨だった	ひさんだった hisandatta
Negative past	悲惨じゃなかった	ひさんじゃなかった hisanjanakatta
Te-form	悲惨で	ひさんで hisande
Before a noun	悲惨な	ひさんな hisanna
Adverb (~ni)	悲惨に	ひさんに hisanni

Kanji in 悲惨

悲

grieve, sad, deploreヒ・かな.しい・かな.しむ · 12 strokes

惨

wretched, disaster, crueltyサン・ザン・みじ.め・いた.む · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 悲惨.

悲しいかなしいsad悲劇ひげきtragedy悲しむかなしむto be sad悲観ひかんpessimism悲鳴ひめいshriek

Source: JMdict entry 1483290 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.