難に遭う

なんにあう

to meet with disaster

遭難

そうなん

disaster, shipwreck, accident, being stranded

災難

さいなん

calamity, misfortune, disaster

遭難者

そうなんしゃ

victim, survivor, sufferer

遭難船

そうなんせん

wrecked ship, ship in distress

遭難死

そうなんし

accidental death (esp. while climbing mountains or being shipwrecked)

遭難信号

そうなんしんごう

distress signal, SOS

遭難救助隊

そうなんきゅうじょたい

rescue party

遭逢

meeting by chance; running into; coming upon; encounter

遭遇

そうぐう

encounter, being confronted with (e.g. difficulty), meeting with (e.g. accident)

遭遇説

そうぐうせつ

tidal hypothesis (of the origin of the solar system), near-collision hypothesis

遭遇戦

そうぐうせん

encounter, engagement, battle

痛い目に遭わす

いたいめにあわす

to make a person sweat for it

大災

たいさい

great disaster

息災

そくさい

good health

除災

じょさい

warding off calamities, getting rid of bad luck

減災

げんさい

natural disaster reduction, reduction of the effects of a natural disaster

天災

てんさい

natural calamity, disaster

厄災

やくさい

calamity, disaster, accident