Keyword
natural disaster
Info
FrequencyTop 1400-1500
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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KankenLevel 6
Heisig179
Readings
さい
(87%)
Composed of
curving river
fire
Used in vocabulary (136 in total)
calamity; disaster; misfortune
calamity; misfortune; disaster
calamity; disaster; accident
Examples (61 in total)
Such a disaster won't come again in my time.
After the disaster, there was scarcely any water left on the island.
The earthquake which caused the disaster occurred in 1995.
Seldom have human beings experienced such a disaster.
They believed the jewel would bring disaster.
We must always be prepared for disasters.
Typhoons bring about damage every year.
He narrowly escaped the disaster.
Do you know what to do if there's a fire in the building?
According to today's paper, there was a fire in the city.
The earthquake brought about the fire.
After the earthquake, a fire broke out.
He saved his daughter from the fire at the cost of his own life.
A fire broke out inside the movie theater.
Were you there when the fire started?
Twenty people perished in the blaze.
The cause of the fire was unknown.
What caused the fire?
A fire broke out on the fifth floor.
A fire broke out in the middle of the city.
All of a sudden, a fire broke out in the department store.
The building did not pass a fire inspection.
The flood was the greatest disaster they had ever had.
Man fears disasters such as floods and fires.
They had to strive against natural calamities for ages.
On our campus, we have earthquake drills at least once a year.
The earthquake brought about disaster.
The earthquake provoked a great disaster, one unlike anything that the country had experienced before.
According to the paper, there was a big fire in Boston.
The city was destroyed by fire.
Earthquakes and floods are natural disasters.
His indecision sowed the seeds of future trouble.
My parents and little brother, who lived in the suburbs of Tokyo, died in the big earthquake.
The victims of the hurricane have not tasted food for three days.
The city supplied the earthquake victims with food and blankets.
They set up a fund to support the victims.
They loaded the trucks with emergency supplies for the earthquake victims.
They supplied the sufferers with food.
They supplied the war victims with food.
The flood victims were housed in several schools.
We provided the flood victims with food and clothing.
We must provide the victims with food and clothes.
We must provide food and clothes for the victims.
Last year, we had frequent disasters.
The fire alarm sounded.
After the earthquake, the land value in this area went down a lot.
The Red Cross dispensed food and medical supplies to the victims.
He is a war orphan.
He adopted a war orphan and is bringing her up as a foster daughter.
During the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake, the height of the tsunami waves reached up to 37.9 meters.
A fire broke out inside Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.
The house is insured against fire.
He insured his house against fire.
He insured his new house against fire.
A small forest fire quickly spread and became a huge conflagration.
The prevention of forest fires is everyone's responsibility.
The fire alarm rang.
All of a sudden, the fire alarm went off.
In the Hanshin earthquake, the ground shook for a long time.
Relief supplies were raced to the disaster area.
This is Fire Prevention Week.