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災害 (さいがい): Disaster — Japanese vocabulary

災害 is read さいがい and means "Disaster". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

災害

Reading
さいがい · saigai
Translation
Disaster
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
さいがいが

Example

赤十字は災害の被害者を直ちに救援する。

せきじゅうじはさいがいのひがいしゃをただちにきゅうえんする。

The Red Cross gets help to disaster victims without delay.

Kanji in this word

  • 災 — disaster, calamity
  • 害 — Harm, Injury

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