How to say disaster in Japanese

遭難^☆【そうなんsounan】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress

Example Sentences

政府seifu がga 自衛隊jieitai にni 沖縄okinawa へhe のno 災害派遣saigaihaken をwo 要請yousei したshita。: The government asked the SDF for a disaster relief deployment to Okinawa.
そのようなsonoyouna 情緒joucho とto 行動koudou のno 分離bunri にni 比べればkurabereba、破局hakyoku 的teki 結果kekka のno 方hou がga まだmada ましmashi であるdearu。: Even disaster is better than such a divorce between emotion and action.
このkono シートSHIITO、本革honkawa ですdesu ねne。間違ってmachigatte 汚すkegasu とto 大変なtaihenna ことになりkotoninari そうsou ですdesu。: This seat, it's real leather, isn't it? It would be a disaster if some slip-up gets it dirtied.
被災地hisaichi にni 救援物資kyuuenbusshi がga 急送kyuusou されたsareta。: Relief supplies were raced to the disaster area.
彼らkarera はha 災難sainan にni 遭ってatte もmo 冷静reisei であったdeatta。: They were calm in the face of disaster.

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