天災(てんさい)

てんさい
noun
natural disaster; natural calamity
nature
1. natural disaster; natural calamity
A disaster caused by natural forces such as earthquakes, typhoons, floods, or droughts, as opposed to one caused by human action.
天災(てんさい)が起(お)きた。
A natural disaster occurred.
天災(てんさい)に備(そな)えて水(みず)を用意(ようい)する。
I keep water ready in case of a natural disaster.
今回(こんかい)の被害(ひがい)は天災(てんさい)ではなく人災(じんさい)だと言(い)われている。
This damage is said to be a man-made disaster rather than a natural one.

Refers to a disaster brought about by nature rather than by human error.

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Compare: 人災(じんさい) (man-made disaster)
Compare: 災害(さいがい) (disaster)
Compare: 異常(いじょう)気象(きしょう) (abnormal weather)
Compare: 災厄(さいやく) (calamity)
Compare: 厄災(やくさい) (calamity)
Compare: 自然(しぜん)災害(さいがい) (natural disaster)
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