火災

かさい

Fire (disaster), conflagration

N3noun·kasai

How to remember it

火 fire + 災 disaster = a disastrous fire, graver than a small flame.

Example sentences

  • 昨夜、隣のビルで火災が起きた。

    さくや、となりのびるでかさいがおきた。

    Last night a fire broke out in the next building.

  • 火災警報器を設置してください。

    かさいけいほうきをせっちしてください。

    Please install a fire alarm.

Usage

Formal/news register; 火事 is the everyday term for a fire.

Related words

火事火災保険災害

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