Meaning of 災難 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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災難JLPT 2
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Kana Readingさいなん
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Romajisainan
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- calamity; misfortune; disaster
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Example Sentences
災難, さいなん used in context
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They were calm in the face of disaster.
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He narrowly escaped the disaster.
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He narrowly escaped the disaster.
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Happening in wartime, this would amount to disaster.
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Accidents will happen.
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If he had stayed at home that day, he would not have met with disaster.
Related Kanji
Kanji found in this word
difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect
On: ナン
Kun: かた.い, -がた.い, むずか.しい, むづか.しい, むつか.しい, -にく.い
18 strokes
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