Word Meaning 散々

さんざん sanzan

散々 is read as さんざん (sanzan) and means thoroughly.

Meaning

English

thoroughly
completely
utterly
scattered
disconnected
dispersed
smashed into tiny pieces
severely

Reading

Kana

さんざん

Romaji

sanzan

Writing Variants

散散さんざん sanzan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters

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Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 7681 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

散らし

ちらし

leaflet

散歩

さんぽ

walk

散る

ちる

to die a noble death

散らばる

ちらばる

to be scattered about

散らかる

ちらかる

to be in disorder

散らす

ちらす

to distract

散髪

さんぱつ

(having a) haircut

散文

さんぶん

prose

散発

さんぱつ

sporadic

散会

さんかい

adjournment

散らかす

ちらかす

to scatter around

散在

さんざい

to be scattered

Example Sentences

家に散々お金をかけた。

I spent a lot of money on the house.

昨日の天気は散々だったよ。

The weather was miserable yesterday.

彼は私たちを散々てこずらせた。

He gave us quite a lot of trouble.

散々警察から逃げ回ったおかげで、俺はこんなに健康的で、スマートで、セクシーになった。

I've gotten much fitter, sleeker, and sexier thanks to all this running from the cops.

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美剣散々 Mitsurugi Chiruchiru