災難 (さいなん) — calamity

災難 is read さいなん and listed as a noun. Meaning: calamity; misfortune; disaster.

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Related words

Other words in the dictionary that share a kanji with 災難.

  • 火災 かさい conflagration
  • 災害 さいがい calamity
  • 災い わざわい disaster
  • 震災 しんさい earthquake disaster
  • 戦災 せんさい war damage
  • 被災 ひさい suffering (from a disaster)
  • 非難 ひなん criticism
  • 難易 なんい (relative) difficulty
  • 海難 かいなん accident at sea
  • 苦難 くなん suffering
  • 困難 こんなん difficulty
  • 至難 しなん most difficult