悲惨

• 読み: ひさん
• ローマ字: hisan
• 漢字の分解: 悲 (hi) — sadness, grief; 惨 (san/zan) — wretched, miserable, cruel
• 発音: /hi.sa.ɴ/

意味

Tragic; miserable; disastrous; wretched. Describes a situation of terrible suffering or devastation.

A na-adjective and noun conveying intense suffering or devastating circumstances: 悲惨な事故 (a tragic accident), 悲惨な状況 (a miserable situation), 悲惨な結末 (a wretched ending). Stronger than 悲しい (kanashii, sad) — it implies objective horror or pitifulness, not just personal sorrow. Frequently used in news reports about disasters, wars, and accidents, as well as descriptions of living conditions.

例文

1. 戦争の悲惨さを後世に伝えなければならない。
2. 現場の悲惨な状況に言葉を失った。
3. 悲惨な事故を二度と繰り返さないよう対策が必要だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: news, history, social issues

トーン: solemn

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 悲 (hi, sadness/grief) + 惨 (san, wretched/miserable). The kanji 惨 contains 心 (heart) and conveys anguish and wretchedness, making the compound doubly emphatic about the depth of suffering.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal