Illustration: Firefighters work outside a small Japanese neighborhood workshop where flames and thick smoke are escaping an upper window. One directs a hose toward the burning interior while another keeps residents behind a barrier at a safe distance.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

火か災さい

kasai

fire

Example sentences

  1. 町まちの真まん中なかで火災かさいが発生はっせいした。

    A fire broke out in the middle of the city.

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  2. 今週こんしゅうは火災かさい予防週間よぼうしゅうかんです。

    This is Fire Prevention Week.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 地震じしんが火災かさいを引ひき起おこした。

    The earthquake brought about the fire.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 火災

  • 火fireOnカKunひ・ほ-
  • 災disaster; calamityOnサイKunわざわい

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