災

Meanings

disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil

ES: desastre, calamidad, catástrofe

Common words

• 火災かさいconflagration, fire
• 災難さいなんcalamity, misfortune, disaster
• 災害さいがいcalamity, disaster, misfortune
• 戦災せんさいwar damage
• 天災てんさいnatural disaster, natural calamity, act of God
• 災いわざわいdisaster, calamity, misfortune, trouble, woes
• 震災しんさいearthquake disaster
• 被災ひさいsuffering (from a disaster), being hit (by an earthquake, typhoon, etc.), falling victim (to)

Example sentences

• 人生じんせいに災難さいなんは付つき物もの。

  Accidents will happen.

  Los accidentes pasarán.

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• 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.

  Los terremotos y las inundaciones son desastres naturales.

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• 嵐あらしは、多おおくの災害さいがいを引ひき起おこした。

  The storm caused a lot of damage.

  La tormenta causó numerosos daños.

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• まずその災難さいなんの原因げんいんを確たしかめよう。

  We will first ascertain the cause of the disaster.

  Primero vamos a determinar la causa del desastre.

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