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被災 (ひさい, hisai) Japanese meaning: suffer damage | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 被災する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 被ひ 災さい する 被ひ 災さい しない Polite 被ひ 災さい します 被ひ 災さい しません Past polite 被ひ 災さい しました 被ひ 災さい しませんでした Past 被ひ 災さい した 被ひ 災さい しなかった Te-form 被ひ 災さい して 被ひ 災さい しないで Desire 被ひ 災さい したい 被ひ 災さい したくない Potential 被ひ 災さい できる 被ひ 災さい できない Passive 被ひ 災さい される 被ひ 災さい されない Causative 被ひ 災さい させる 被ひ 災さい させない Causative passive 被ひ 災さい させられる 被ひ 災さい させられない Volitional 被ひ 災さい しよう Polite volitional 被ひ 災さい しましょう Imperative 被ひ 災さい しろ 被ひ 災さい するな Conditional 被ひ 災さい すれば 被ひ 災さい しなければ Tara conditional 被ひ 災さい したら 被ひ 災さい しなかったら
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Many houses were damaged by the typhoon.
Send relief supplies to the disaster-stricken area.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 が 〈 事こと 〉 で 被ひ 災さい する for a place to be hit by a disaster
This area was hit by the heavy rain last month.
〈 人ひと 〉 が 〈 事こと 〉 で 被ひ 災さい する for a person to be affected by a disaster
Many residents were affected by the earthquake.
被ひ 災さい した 〈 物もの 〉 something that was damaged in a disaster
Repairs are progressing on the houses damaged in the disaster.
Related words 罹災 is a formal or legal term for suffering disaster damage, often seen in documents like 罹災証明書, while 被災 is the everyday word used in news and general contexts.
遭難 specifically means being stranded or in mortal danger, as in the mountains or at sea, whereas 被災 broadly refers to suffering damage from any disaster.
被災 is the broader term for suffering damage from any disaster (natural or man-made), while 被爆 specifically refers to being bombed or hit by a bomb.
被災 means suffering harm from any disaster, natural or man-made, whereas 戦災 narrows this specifically to damage caused by war.
Don't confuse with 被害 refers to the damage or harm itself, while 被災 refers to the state of a person or place being affected by a disaster.
災害 is the disaster event itself (e.g. an earthquake or flood), while 被災 describes being affected or damaged by such an event.
Word family disaster-stricken area; affected area
disaster victim; affected person; survivor
disaster-stricken area; affected area
Etymology Compound of 被 (hi, 'suffer, incur') and 災 (sai, 'disaster'). The kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of being affected by a calamity.
