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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

天てん災さい

N1
てんさい tensai
  1. natural calamity
  2. disaster
noun

Chinese meanings

天灾

Examples

  • 地じ震しんや洪こう水ずいは天てん災さいです。
    Earthquakes and floods are natural disasters.
    地震和洪水都是天灾。
  • 彼らは長い間天災と闘わねばならなかった。
    They had to strive against natural calamities for ages.
    他们不得不长期与自然灾害作斗争。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('36c896b63d'); // 天災
{
  "id": "36c896b63d",
  "word": "天災",
  "reading": "てんさい",
  "romaji": "tensai",
  "meanings": [
    "natural calamity",
    "disaster"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1439110,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "地震や洪水は天災です。",
      "furigana": "{地震|じしん}や{洪水|こうずい}は{天災|てんさい}です。",
      "en": "Earthquakes and floods are natural disasters.",
      "tatoeba_id": 126868
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼らは長い間天災と闘わねばならなかった。",
      "en": "They had to strive against natural calamities for ages.",
      "tatoeba_id": 96534
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "372308bdcfaa064c64ec8dd3423adc5bec7e338b119232b9c9f3613a246675f0",
    "meanings": [
      "天灾"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "地震や洪水は天災です。",
        "zh": "地震和洪水都是天灾。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼らは長い間天災と闘わねばならなかった。",
        "zh": "他们不得不长期与自然灾害作斗争。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/36c896b63d",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1439110; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "9c7e15f6406695510a1a2cdd16f4d734b951d02a2fb235e2f822553c13e08c6a"
  }
}