再さい変へん

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

second change; second calamity

A somewhat formal or literary term for a second major change or disaster, often implying an additional misfortune after an initial one. Not an everyday word; more likely in written or news contexts.

その国くには戦せん争そうに続つづいて再さい変へんに見み舞まわれた。
The country was struck by a second calamity following the war.
再さい変へんを避さ

ける

ため

に

、

早さっ

急きゅう

な

対たい

策さく

が

必ひつ

要よう

だ

。

To avoid a second change for the worse, urgent measures are needed.

Kanji

再again, twice, second time
変unusual, change, strange

Etymology

Compound of 再 (sai, 'again, second') and 変 (hen, 'change, unusual event'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning follows directly from the components.