Word Meaning 惨状

さんじょう sanjou

惨状 is read as さんじょう (sanjou) and means disastrous scene.

Meaning

English

  1. disastrous scene
  2. terrible spectacle

Reading

Kana

さんじょう

Romaji

sanjou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 4級 Rank 16232 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

惨状を極める

さんじょうをきわめる

to present a very terrible (miserable) sight

惨敗

ざんぱい

ignominious defeat

惨め

みじめ

miserable

惨事

さんじ

disaster

惨劇

さんげき

tragedy

惨禍

さんか

calamity

惨殺

ざんさつ

slaughter

惨死体

ざんしたい

corpse of a person who has met a violent death

年賀状

ねんがじょう

New Year's card

症状

しょうじょう

symptoms

免状

めんじょう

diploma

賀状

がじょう

New Year's card

Example Sentences

3

せんそうのさんじょうはことばにできない。

The horrors of war are beyond words.

Are you responsible for this mess?

It is said that several victims of the tsunami think that the devastation they saw was the kind that made you cover your eyes.