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天災 (てんさい): natural calamity, disaster — Japanese vocabulary

天災 is read てんさい and means "natural calamity, disaster". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

天災

Reading
てんさい · tensai
Translation
natural calamity, disaster
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
てんさいが

Example

地震や洪水は天災です。

じしんやこうずいはてんさいです。

Earthquakes and floods are natural disasters.

Kanji in this word

  • 天 — heaven, sky
  • 災 — disaster, calamity

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