What does 遭難 mean?
遭難 is a Japanese noun meaning “disaster, shipwreck, accident” in English. It is written as 遭難 in kanji, そうなん in hiragana, and sounan in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.
Example sentence
彼らは山で遭難した。
They met with an accident in the mountains.