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罹災証明書 (りさいしょうめいしょ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
disaster victim certificate ; disaster certificate
Official document issued by a municipality to certify that a person or property has suffered damage from a natural disaster. Required for receiving public aid, insurance claims, and tax reductions.
罹り 災さい 証しょう 明めい 書しょ が ない と 、 被ひ 災さい 者しゃ 支し 援えん 制せい 度ど を 利り 用よう でき ませ ん 。
Without a disaster certificate, you cannot use the disaster victim support system.
Written forms 罹り 災さい 証しょう 明めい 書しょ
Standard kanji spelling; 罹 is a non-jōyō kanji but widely used in this official term.
り 災さい 証しょう 明めい 書しょ
Common simplified spelling replacing 罹 with hiragana り, often used in official documents and media.
Kanji 証 evidence, proof, certificate Similar words 被ひ 災さい 証しょう 明めい 書しょ Similar meaning, but 被災証明書 is a more general term for a certificate of being affected by a disaster, while 罹災証明書 specifically refers to the official certificate for damage assessment and aid eligibility.
Etymology Compound of 罹災 (risai, 'suffering from a disaster') + 証明書 (shōmeisho, 'certificate'). 罹災 is itself from 罹 (ri, 'to suffer, be afflicted') + 災 (sai, 'disaster').
