How to say "bleak" in Japanese

• 殺風景さっぷうけいCommon
  na-adjective, nounCovers 'bleak' in its dreary, monotonous, barren sense: a place so plain and uninteresting that it is dull to look at. Typical of drab interiors or scenery that lacks charm and variety.
• 寒々さむざむCommon
  adverb (with と), suru verb, intransitive verbCovers 'bleak' in its desolate sense: the chilly, empty feel of a room or street with little in it. Suggests bareness and a lack of furnishings rather than mere dullness.

Use 殺風景 for the dreary, monotonous, barren side of 'bleak' — places that are dull and lack charm — and 寒々 for the desolate, empty feel of a room or street with little in it.

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• 殺風景さっぷうけいdreary
• 寒々しいさむざむしいbleak
• 荒涼こうりょうdesolate
• 索莫さくばくdreary
• 霜枯れしもがれnipped by frost
• 蕭条しょうじょうdreary
• 蕭然しょうぜんlonely
• 寒々さむざむbleak (e.g. room, street)