Reading and meaning
- Reading
- そうなん
- Romaji
- sounan
- Meaning
- (meeting with) disaster, (having an) accident, mishap, shipwreck, distress
- Word type
- noun
Example sentences
悪天候のため、登山隊が山中で遭難した。
The mountaineering team was stranded in the mountains بسبب bad weather.
船は沖合で遭難し、乗組員は救命ボートで救助を待った。
The ship ran into distress offshore, and the crew waited for rescue in a lifeboat.