天災
N1てんさい tensai
- natural calamity
- disaster
noun
Chinese meanings
天灾
Examples
- 地震や洪水は天災です。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"
}
}