大惨事

See also: 大慘事

Japanese
Kanji in this term
大 惨 事
だい
Grade: 1		 さん
Grade: S		 じ
Grade: 3
goon kan’on goon
Alternative spelling
大慘事 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 大(だい) (dai-, “big, large”) + 惨(さん)事(じ) (sanji, “terrible accident, disaster”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) だいさ​んじ [dàísáꜜǹjì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [da̠isã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Noun

大(だい)惨(さん)事(じ) • (daisanji) 

  1. catastrophe, great disaster, great accident
    Synonym: カタストロフィ (katasutorofi)

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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