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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

天てん災さい

tensai

natural disaster

Example sentences

  1. 地震じしんや洪水こうずいは天災てんさいです。

    Earthquakes and floods are natural disasters.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれらは長ながい間ま天災てんさいと闘たたかわねばならなかった。

    They had to strive against natural calamities for ages.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 天災てんさいはいつ起おこるか分わからない。

    There is no telling when disasters may strike.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 天災

  • 天heavens; skyOnテンKunあまつ・あめ・あま-
  • 災disaster; calamityOnサイKunわざわい

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