to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
Examples (14 in total)
屋根は嵐の被害を受けました。
The roof was damaged by the storm.
台風でひどい被害を受けた。
We suffered heavy damage from the typhoon.
作物は洪水の被害を受けた。
The crops were damaged by the flood.
ほかの国は大した被害を受けていない。
Other countries have not suffered significant damage.
幸いにも作物は台風の被害を受けなかった。
Happily the crops were not harmed by the typhoon.
その植物は霜で被害を受けた。
The plants were damaged by the frost.
台風で稲作は大きな被害を受けた。
The typhoon did great damage to the rice crop.
その植物は遅霜で被害を受けた。
The plants were damaged by the late frost.
この前の嵐で数軒の家屋が被害を受けた。
Several houses were damaged in the last storm.
核戦争が起きれば、全人類が被害を受けるだろう。
All humanity will suffer if a nuclear war breaks out.
この地震で非常に多くの家が被害を受けた。
A great many houses were damaged in the earthquake.
もちろん、それによって大きな被害を受けた場所もあります。
Of course, there are also places that have suffered significant damage as a result.
火はすぐに消されたので、その家はあまり被害を受けなかった。
The house did not suffer much damage because the fire was quickly put out.
その被害を受けるのは何も敵だけではないということだ。
It means that it is not only the enemy that suffers the damage.