Kanji1 / 7
災 kanji
disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
サイ
Kun readings
わざわい
Variant forms
灾烖Words with 災
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —災害医療disaster medicine
- —爆発火災fire caused by explosion
- —震災刈りundercut (hairstyle)
- —火災積雲flammagenitus; pyrocumulus cloud; fire cloud
- —火災旋風firestorm
- —幸災楽禍delighting in the misfortune of others
- —防災拠点disaster prevention base
- —気象災害weather disaster; weather-related natural disaster
- —業務災害industrial injury; employment injury
- —人為災害man-made disaster
- —通勤災害commuting accident; commuting injury; injury sustained during one's commute
- —農業災害agricultural disaster; damages to crops, livestock, etc. caused by abnormal weather
- —防災公園park that can serve as an emergency relief center
- —被災地域stricken area; disaster-stricken area; affected area
- —事前防災preventive measures to reduce damage from a disaster; anticipatory disaster preparation
- —災害発生occurrence of a disaster
- —労災認定formal recognition of a work-related injury or illness
- —防災意識disaster awareness; disaster prevention awareness; being conscious of disaster prevention and mitigation in daily life
- —災難に遭うto meet with misfortune
- —阪神大震災Great Hanshin Earthquake (1995)