Japanese Vocab: Natural Disasters

Japanese Vocabulary – Natural Disasters – Review Notes

Today, we learned how to say some Japanese Vocabulary for Natural Disasters. In these video review notes, we will go over what we learned and we will learn some additional vocabulary.

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Japanese Vocab: Natural Disasters

★　Natural Disaster in Japanese is 自然災害 (しぜんさいがい – shizen saigai).

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★　Tornado in Japanese is 竜巻 (たつまき – tatsumaki)

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★　Flood in Japanese is 洪水 (こうずい – kōzui)

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★　Blizzard in Japanese is 吹雪 (ふぶき – fubuki).

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★　Volcanic Eruption in Japanese is 噴火 (ふんか – funka).

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★　Forest Fire in Japanese is 山火事 (やまかじ – yamakaji)

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★　Earthquake in Japanese is 地震 (じしん – jishin)

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★　Tsunami in Japanese is 津波 (つなみ – tsunami)

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★　Typhoon in Japanese is 台風 (たいふう – taifuu)

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Additional Vocabulary:

ハリケーン　　　harikēn　　　 　  Hurricane

地滑り　　　　　jisuberi　　　 　  Landslide

雪崩　　　　　　nadare　　　　　Avalanche

旱魃　　　　　　kanbatsu　　　　Drought

嵐　　　　　　　arashi　　　　　  Storm

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Conclusion:

Today we learned how to say some Natural Disasters in Japanese. If you haven’t yet, please check out our lesson about weather in Japanese too! Click here!

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