避ひ難なん所じょ

noun

evacuation shelter; place of refuge

A designated safe location where people go during disasters such as earthquakes, floods, or typhoons. Often a school gymnasium or community center.

• 地じ震しんの後あと、近ちかくの小しょう学がっ校こうが避ひ難なん所じょになった。

  After the earthquake, the nearby elementary school became an evacuation shelter.

• 避ひ難なん所じょでは食しょく料りょうや毛もう布ふが配くばられた。

  Food and blankets were distributed at the shelter.