What does 災害 mean?
災害 is a Japanese noun meaning “calamity, disaster, misfortune” in English. It is written as 災害 in kanji, さいがい in hiragana, and saigai in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.
Example sentence
嵐は、多くの災害を引き起こした。
The storm caused a lot of damage.