災害 (Saigai) is a Japanese noun meaning “calamity, disaster, misfortune”.
Meanings
- nouncalamity; disaster; misfortune
Examples
私達は災害に備えた。
We provide for disaster.
昨年は災害が頻々とあった。
Last year, we had frequent disasters.
昨今は災害が頻ぴんとあった。
Recently we have had several disasters.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).