特とく定てい非ひ常じょう災さい害がい

noun

specified disaster; disaster of extreme severity

Legal term defined in Japan's Act on Special Measures Concerning Countermeasures for Specified Disasters. Refers to a large-scale disaster officially designated by the government as especially disruptive, triggering special administrative measures.

• 政せい府ふは今こん回かいの地じ震しんを特とく定てい非ひ常じょう災さい害がいに指し定ていした。

  The government designated this earthquake as a specified disaster.

• 特とく定てい非ひ常じょう災さい害がいに指し定ていされると、被ひ災さい者しゃへの行ぎょう政せい手て続つづきが緩かん和わされる。

  When designated as a specified disaster, administrative procedures for victims are relaxed.