さいがい
Meanings
Noun
1. calamity; disaster; misfortune
Pitch accent
さ
いがい
Used in vocabulary (42 in total)
great disaster
natural disaster
disaster-level (heat, rainfall, etc.); extreme; severe
Examples (9 in total)
Typhoons bring about damage every year.
Last year, we had frequent disasters.
They believed the jewel would bring disaster.
The earthquake which caused the disaster occurred in 1995.
We must always be prepared for disasters.
Such a disaster won't come again in my time.
After the disaster, there was scarcely any water left on the island.
Seldom have human beings experienced such a disaster.
The flood was the greatest disaster they had ever had.