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大災難 (だいさいなん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

大だい災さい難なん

Meanings

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noun

large-scale disaster; catastrophe

Refers to a major calamity or catastrophe, often natural or societal in scale.

その地じ震しんは国くに全ぜん体たいにとって大だい災さい難なんだった。
The earthquake was a large-scale disaster for the whole country.

Kanji

大large, big
災disaster, calamity, woe
難difficult, impossible, trouble

Similar words

災さい難なん
災難 is a general 'disaster' or 'misfortune', while 大災難 emphasizes a particularly large or severe scale.

Etymology

Compound of 大 (dai, 'big, large') and 災難 (sainan, 'disaster, calamity'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common pattern of intensifying a noun with 大.