Illustration: A Japanese residential street lies under deep floodwater after a river has overflowed. Water reaches the lower windows of several houses, a garden fence has collapsed, and a small car sits partly submerged beside a utility pole.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

災さい害がい

saigai

disaster

Example sentences

  1. 災害さいがいが相次あいついでその地域ちいきを襲おそった。

    A string of disasters struck the region.

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  2. 人ひとは洪水こうずいや火災かさいなどの災害さいがいを恐おそれる。

    Man fears disasters such as floods and fires.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは恐おそろしい災害さいがいが起おこると予言よげんした。

    He prophesied that a dreadful calamity would happen.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 災害

  • 災disaster; calamityOnサイKunわざわい
  • 害harm; injuryOnガイ

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