災害

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See also: 灾害

Chinese

disaster; calamity
to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm
to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
 
trad. (災害)
simp. (灾害)

Pronunciation


Noun

災害

  1. disaster; calamity; catastrophe (Classifier: ; ; )

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: 5
がい
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(さい)(がい) (saigai

  1. disaster
    • 2015 September 14, Kaori Shoji, “When disaster strikes in Japan, keep calm and carry a diaper”, in The Japan Times, retrieved 2023-04-11:
      Consider the word saigai (災害, disaster), comprised of the kanji characters wazawai (災い, mishap or bad luck) and gai (害, hazard).