英和和英

読み方 さいなん

名詞

A calamity; a disaster; a misfortune; a fatality; a catastrophe; an accident; a mishap; a misadventure

用例

• 彼が死んだのは国家の災難だ
  His death is a calamity to the nation.

• こんな船を失ったら海軍の災難だ
  The loss of such a ship would be a disaster to the navy.
• あの女を知ったのが僕の災難さ
  It was my misfortune to know her
  I met her in an evil hour.
• 彼は悪い細君を持って災難だ
  He is unfortunate in his wife―unfortunate in his marriage.
• そんな女を貰った人こそ災難だ
  Woe to the man who marries such a wife!
• 災難に逢う
  to meet with a calamity
• 不時の災難に逢う
  to have a mishap―have a misadventure
• 彼は災難続きだ
  He has met with a chapter of accidents.
• 災難にかかる
  to suffer from a disaster
• とんだ災難でしたね
  What a calamity!
  What a mishap!
• 災難と諦めるよりほかは無い
  There is nothing for it but to resign yourself to your lot.
• 災難を除ける、悪事災難を除ける
  to avert a calamity―keep off evil
• 災難除け
  a charm against accidents