Word Meaning 大惨事

だいさんじ daisanji

大惨事 is read as だいさんじ (daisanji) and means great disaster.

Meaning

English

  1. great disaster
  2. catastrophe
  3. train wreck

Reading

Kana

だいさんじ

Romaji

daisanji

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 61622 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大事

だいじ

safe

大事故

だいじこ

serious accident

惨事

さんじ

disaster

大事件

だいじけん

major incident

一大事

いちだいじ

important matter

後生大事

ごしょうだいじ

with religious zeal

事大主義

じだいしゅぎ

worship of the powerful

軍事拡大

ぐんじかくだい

military expansion

事業創造大学院大学

じぎょうそうぞうだいがくいんだいがく

Graduate Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies

お大事に

おだいじに

take care of yourself

大丈夫

だいじょうぶ

great man

大刀

たち

straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

Example Sentences

4

ひこうきのだいさんじがおきた。

A major airplane disaster occurred.

Slight inattention can cause a great disaster.

Unfortunately, few passengers survived the catastrophe.

This morning I tried to tie up an overfilled garbage bag and it ripped open, causing a huge mess.