- 悲惨【ひさん】 - disastrous, tragic, miserable, wretched, pitiful, woeful 
- 惨め【みじめ】 - miserable, wretched, unhappy, sad, pitiable 
- 惨敗【ざんぱい】 - ignominious defeat, crushing failure, utterly beaten, overwhelming defeat 
- 惨事【さんじ】 - disaster, tragedy, tragic incident, horrible accident 
- 惨状【さんじょう】 - disastrous scene, terrible spectacle 
- 惨禍【さんか】 - calamity, disaster, catastrophe 
- 惨劇【さんげき】 - tragedy, tragic event 
- 惨殺【ざんさつ】 - slaughter, massacre