遭難

そうなん

disaster, shipwreck, accident, being stranded

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)

難に遭う

なんにあう

to meet with disaster

遭難信号

そうなんしんごう

distress signal, SOS

災難に遭う

さいなんにあう

to meet with misfortune

遭難救助隊

そうなんきゅうじょたい

rescue party

難聴者

なんちょうしゃ

deaf person, hearing-impaired person

殉難者

じゅんなんしゃ

victim, martyr

避難者

ひなんしゃ

evacuee

受難者

じゅなんしゃ

martyr, sufferer

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)

帰宅困難者

きたくこんなんしゃ

travellers (e.g. commuters, students, etc.) who have difficulty returning home, esp. after a large-scale earthquake

難民申請者

なんみんしんせいしゃ

asylum seekers

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

難

なん

difficulty, trouble, hardship

難中の難

なんちゅうのなん

the hardest thing of all