災

Meaning

災 centers on destructive misfortune: a disaster or calamity that brings woe, often seen as a curse or evil event.

• 災害さいがい
  N2

  calamity; disaster; misfortune

• 被災ひさい
  N2

  suffering (from a disaster); being hit (by an earthquake, typhoon, etc.); falling victim (to)

• 火災かさい
  N3

  conflagration; fire

• 大震災だいしんさい

  great earthquake (disaster); highly destructive earthquake

• 防災ぼうさい
  N1

  disaster preparedness; prevention of damage resulting from a natural disaster; protection against disaster

• 震災しんさい

  earthquake disaster

• 災いわざわい
  N1

  disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

• 労災ろうさい

  work-related injury; work-related illness; work-related death; on-the-job accident

• 災難さいなん
  N2

  calamity; misfortune; disaster

• 関東大震災かんとうだいしんさい

  Great Kanto earthquake (1923)

• 天災てんさい
  N1

  natural disaster; natural calamity; act of God

• 災厄さいやく

  calamity; disaster; accident

• 人災じんさい

  man-made calamity

• 戦災せんさい
  N1

  war damage

• 息災そくさい

  good health

• 火災報知器かさいほうちき

  fire alarm

• 災禍さいか

  disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe

• 罹災りさい

  suffering (from a calamity); affliction

• 火災保険かさいほけん

  fire insurance

• 被災者ひさいしゃ
  N2

  person affected by a disaster; afflicted person; victim; sufferer; survivor

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