Illustration: On a quiet afternoon in a Japanese apartment, a parent fastens a tall bookcase to the wall while another family member checks an open emergency backpack on the floor. Water bottles, a compact radio, work gloves, and a flashlight lie beside the bag.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

防ぼう災さい

bousai

disaster preparedness

Example sentences

  1. 水みずに浸ひたすことで頭部とうぶを火災かさいなどの熱ねつから守まもることも出来できたこの防空頭巾ぼうくうずきんは、地震じしんや火災かさいなどの災害時さいがいじにおける防災ぼうさい頭巾ずきんとして1970年代ねんだいに復活ふっかつした。

    These 'air raid hoods' could be soaked in water to protect the head from fire and heat and they were reintroduced in 1970’s as a disaster prevention hood for protection in disasters such as earthquakes and fires.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 移動先いどうさきが1月第がつだい3月曜日げつようびでないのは、1月がつ17日にちが同時どうじに「防災ぼうさいとボランティアの日ひ」でもあるため。

    The new date was not set for the third Monday of January because January 17 is also 'Disaster Prevention and Volunteer Day.'

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 防災ぼうさい意識いしきを高たかめ、災害さいがいに強つよい社会しゃかいを築きずく必要ひつようがある。

    We need to raise awareness of disaster preparedness and build a society that can withstand disasters.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 防災

  • 防prevent; protectOnボウKunふせぐ
  • 災disaster; calamityOnサイKunわざわい

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