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惨い is an exact match with one form of the following word:
酷い
BOOST
Reading : むごい   
1. cruel; merciless; pitiless; brutal; atrocious; inhuman  (often written with kana only)
2. tragic; horrible; terrible; dreadful; miserable  (often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 9 (among the 50,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 42,217 which gives a rank of 38,479
酷い is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 18,000 (about 36,500,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 14425
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惨い
BOOST
Reading : むごい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 102,000 (about 1,770,000 results)
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コク    cruel   
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コク   つげる to announce   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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sake flask   とり sign of the bird   
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西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
サン   ザン   みじ miserable, wretched   
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サン   まい to visit, go, come   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ム   private
fur, bristles, beard   
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