くしんさんたん

苦心惨憺

taking great pains

N3Noun
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
taking great pains

Example Sentences

苦心惨憺の(すえ)、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。

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.