- sanjou disastrous scene, terrible spectacle
Formal, often in news or literary writing, describing the aftermath of disasters or battles; stronger and more specific than 光景.
地震の後の惨状をテレビで見た。
Jishin no ato no sanjou o terebi de mita.
I saw the disastrous scene after the earthquake on TV.
戦争の惨状は言葉にできない。
Sensou no sanjou wa kotoba ni dekinai.
The horrors of war are beyond words.
⚖️ Not to be confused with 惨敗 (zanpai, crushing defeat), which refers to losing badly, not to a scene.
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