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Japanese word 遭難: disaster / accident / shipwreck. Meanings and example sentences.

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遭難 (そうなん): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

遭難 (そうなん) means disaster / accident / shipwreck.

See example sentences below.

遭難 at a glance

遭難
そうなんsounan
N1noun
disaster / accident / shipwreck
遭難そうなんsounanN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning of 遭難

Core meaning

disaster / accident / shipwreck

Basic example sentences

Example 1

登山中に遭難しました。

Translation

I got stranded during mountain climbing.

Example 2

船が遭難したと聞きました。

Translation

I heard the ship got shipwrecked.

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