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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

遭そう難なん

sounan

accident in mountains or at sea

Commonly used for hikers or vessels in distress. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれらは山やまで遭難そうなんした。

    They met with an accident in the mountains.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. この犬いぬは山やまの遭難そうなん者しゃを救すくうように訓練くんれんされている。

    This dog is trained to rescue climbers who have met with accidents.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 今いまでも登山者とざんしゃの遭難そうなん事故じこは珍めずらしいことではない。

    Alpine climbing accidents are not rare, even today.

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

Kanji in 遭難

  • 遭encounter; meetOnソウKunあう・あわせる
  • 難difficult; impossibleOnナンKunかたい・むずかしい・むづかしい

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