Illustration: Outside a neighborhood apartment building after a sudden storm, a resident discovers that a large broken tree branch has landed squarely across their parked bicycle. Its front wheel is bent, the basket crushed, and wet leaves cling to the saddle. Every neighboring bicycle remains untouched.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

災さい難なん

sainan

misfortune, disaster

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれらは災難さいなんに遭あっても冷静れいせいであった。

    They were calm in the face of disaster.

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  2. あれ以後いごは災難さいなん続つづきです。

    I have had a series of misfortunes since then.

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  3. 彼かれはかろうじて災難さいなんを免まぬかれた。

    He narrowly escaped the disaster.

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Kanji in 災難

  • 災disaster; calamityOnサイKunわざわい
  • 難difficult; impossibleOnナンKunかたい・むずかしい・むづかしい

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