Word details

惨事

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 惨事.

Dictionary

Entry

惨事んじNounFreq #27378
1

disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident

Examples
その大惨事で生き残った乗客はほとんどいなかった。
Few passengers survived the catastrophe.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

wretched, disaster, cruelty, harsh

11 strokesFrequency 1,463JLPT N1Grade 8

On

サンザン

Kun

みじ.めいた.むむご.い

matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

8 strokesFrequency 18JLPT N3Grade 3

On

Kun

ことつか.うつか.える

Nanori

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