Lingaku散々【さんざん】
Frequency rank: 3,839. – 3,842.
- thoroughly; completely; utterly
- severely; harshly; terribly; miserably; wretchedly; badly
- scattered; disconnected; dispersed; smashed into tiny piecesarchaism
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); adverb (fukushi)
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- thoroughly; completely; utterly
- severely; harshly; terribly; miserably; wretchedly; badly
- scattered; disconnected; dispersed; smashed into tiny pieces
This meaning is used to describe an action that is done to its fullest extent or degree, often implying that something has been finished or exhausted.
This meaning indicates an experience that is extremely negative, often associated with strong emotions or difficult situations.
He went through a miserable experience.
This meaning is used to describe something that is broken apart or spread out, indicating a lack of order or coherence.
Generated collocations (experimental)
さんざん散々なめにあう目に遭うto have a terrible experienceさんざん散々なことをゆう言うto say something harshlyさんざん散々にしかられる叱られるto be scolded severelyさんざん散々なやむ悩むto worry thoroughlyさんざん散々なけっか結果a disastrous resultさんざん散々なじょうたい状態a miserable conditionさんざん散々にふりまわされる振り回されるto be led around terriblyさんざん散々なじょうきょう状況a dire situationさんざん散々ぶんさん分散するto scatter thoroughlyさんざん散々なくろう苦労great hardships
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
- のこす残すところがないさま．.はなはだしいさま．.
- ひどいさま．.みじめなさま．.
- あとに後にとろいあトロイアがゆうせい優勢となりあかいあアカイアぐん軍はさんざん散々にはいたい敗退する．.きごう（どい土井ばんすい晩翠きごう『きごう「いいりあすイーリアスきごう」れいげん例言きごう』きごう）
- ひと人をさんざん散々にゆう言う
- のこす残すところなく．.はなはだしく．.ひどく．.さんざん散々に．.
- さんざん散々またせて待たせて、あのひとあの人はのそっとやってきやって来、じつはけっきん欠勤したどうりょう同僚のしごと仕事をかわってやっていたためおくれた遅れたのだ、とくち口のなかでもぐもぐべんかい弁解した．.きごう（おだ織田さくのすけ作之助きごう『てんいむほう天衣無縫きごう』きごう）
- ちらばっているようす様子．.きごう「ちりぢりきごう」をさんしょう参照．.
Example sentences
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After thinking long and hard, I put the plan into practice.
We've been horsing around too much; it's high time we got down to brass tacks.
I've gotten much fitter, sleeker, and sexier thanks to all this running from the cops.