Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 散々(さんざん) in Japanese

散々, 散散
Kana Reading
さんざん
Romaji
sanzan
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), adverb (fukushi)
    Meaning
    severely; harshly; utterly; terrible
    Example sentence
    やらやら、その試合さんざんだった What with the wind and the rain, the game was spoiled.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    scattered; disconnected
    Example sentence
    彼女さんざんののしった She called me many terrible things.

Examples of 散々, 散散, さんざん in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 3

12 strokes

scatter, disperse, spend, squander

On'Yomi: サン

Kun'Yomi: ち.る, ち.らす, -ち.らす, ち.らかす, ち.らかる, ばら

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