JLPT N1 Advanced
散々
Severely negative, awful, or disastrous.
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Other forms
散散 less common
1 Adverb
Terribly / To an extreme degree
Indicates an action was performed relentlessly or excessively, usually leading to a harsh or wearying state.
Example
散々 迷った あげく 、 何も 買わずに 店 を 出た 。
After agonizing over it for ages, I left the store without buying anything.
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2 Na-adjective
Awful / Disastrous
Characterizes a specific outcome or condition as wretched, miserable, and thoroughly unsatisfactory.
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