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Keyword
natural disaster
  • disaster
  • calamity
  • woe
  • curse
  • evil
Frequency
#976
Strokes
7
Grade
5
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
179
Readings
サイ92%
わざわ8%
Mnemonic
A curving river overflows its banks while a fire rages next to it, and the startled villagers face a natural disaster.
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災さい害がい
calamity; disaster; misfortune
Noun
火か災さい
conflagration; fire
Noun
被ひ災さい
suffering (from a disaster); being hit (by an earthquake, typhoon, etc.); falling victim (to)
Noun
防ぼう災さい
disaster preparedness; prevention of damage resulting from a natural disaster; protection against disaster
Noun
大だい震しん災さい
great earthquake (disaster); highly destructive earthquake
Noun
震しん災さい
earthquake disaster
Noun
労ろう災さい
work-related injury; work-related illness; work-related death; on-the-job accident; workers' compensation insurance
Noun
労ろう災さい保ほ険けん
worker's accident insurance
Noun
災わざわい
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
Noun
災さい難なん
calamity; misfortune; disaster
Noun
戦せん災さい
war damage
Noun
天てん災さい
natural disaster; natural calamity; act of God
Noun
被ひ災さい者しゃ
person affected by a disaster; afflicted person; victim; sufferer; survivor
Noun
関かん東とう大だい震しん災さい
Great Kanto earthquake (1923)
Noun
災さい厄やく
calamity; disaster; accident
Noun
人じん災さい
man-made calamity
Noun
息そく災さい
good health; stopping misfortune; preventing disaster
Noun
災さい禍か
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
Noun
罹り災さい
suffering (from a calamity); affliction
Noun
住すみ友とも海かい上じょう火か災さい保ほ険けん
Sumitomo Marine and Fire Insurance Company, Limited
Noun
東とう京きょう海かい上じょう火か災さい保ほ険けん
Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Company, Limited
Noun