災難 (Sainan) is a Japanese noun meaning “calamity, misfortune, disaster”.
Meanings
- nouncalamity; misfortune; disaster
Examples
人生に災難は付き物。
Accidents will happen.
あれ以後は災難続きです。
I have had a series of misfortunes since then.
彼はかろうじて災難を免れた。
He narrowly escaped the disaster.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).