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苦心惨憺の末、考え出した企画が、会議で一瞬にして却下されちゃうんだからな。

Sentence Analyzer

苦心 惨憺 考え出した 企画 会議 一瞬 して 却下されちゃう から

English Translation

After all the trouble we went to in coming up with that project, it only took them a second to shoot it down in the meeting.

Furigana

苦心(くしん)惨憺(さんたん)(すえ)(かんが)()した企画(きかく)が、会議(かいぎ)一瞬(いっしゅん)にして却下(きゃっか)されちゃうんだからな。

Romanji

Kushin santan no sue, kangaedashita kikaku ga, kaigi de isshun ni shite kyakkasarechau n da kara na.

Words

苦心 (くしん)
pain; trouble; anxiety; diligence; hard work
惨憺 (さんたん)
miserable; pitiful; tragic; wretched; horrible
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
(すえ)
tip; top; end; close (e.g. close of the month); youngest child; descendants; offspring; posterity; future; finally; trivialities
考え出す (かんがえだす)
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
企画 (きかく)
planning; project; plan; design
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
会議 (かいぎ)
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
一瞬 (いっしゅん)
moment; instant
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
却下 (きゃっか)
rejection; dismissal
()
yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
()
(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition

Kanji

Readings: ク、 くる.しい、 -ぐる.しい、 くる.しむ、 くる.しめる、 にが.い、 にが.る
Meanings: suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ
Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
Readings: サン、 ザン、 みじ.め、 いた.む、 むご.い
Meanings: wretched, disaster, cruelty, harsh
Reading: タン
Meanings: calm, quiet, move
Readings: マツ、 バツ、 すえ
Meanings: end, close, tip, powder, posterity
Readings: コウ、 かんが.える、 かんが.え
Meanings: consider, think over
Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす
Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude
Readings: キ、 くわだ.てる、 たくら.む
Meanings: undertake, scheme, design, attempt, plan
Readings: ガ、 カク、 エ、 カイ、 えが.く、 かく.する、 かぎ.る、 はかりごと、 はか.る
Meanings: brush-stroke, picture
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Reading: 
Meanings: deliberation, consultation, debate, consideration
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: シュン、 またた.く、 まじろ.ぐ
Meanings: wink, blink, twinkle
Readings: キャク、 かえ.って、 しりぞ.く、 しりぞ.ける
Meanings: instead, on the contrary, rather, step back, withdraw, retreat
Readings: カ、 ゲ、 した、 しも、 もと、 さ.げる、 さ.がる、 くだ.る、 くだ.り、 くだ.す、 -くだ.す、 くだ.さる、 お.ろす、 お.りる
Meanings: below, down, descend, give, low, inferior