災い (わざわい) — disaster, calamity, misfortune

災わざわい disaster

Frequency #10134 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 5 2 characters noun

wazawai

わざわい

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. わざわい[0] heiban 平板

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Meanings

disaster
calamity
misfortune

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

わざわ災 disaster

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災(さい)害(がい) saigai disaster 防(ぼう)災(さい) bousai disaster prevention 被(ひ)災(さい) hisai being affected by disaster 火(か)災(さい) kasai fire 震(しん)災(さい) shinsai earthquake disaster 大(だい)震(しん)災(さい) daishinsai great earthquake disaster 労(ろう)災(さい) rousai workers' compensation 災(さい)禍(か) saika disaster

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 災 (12)

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