Disaster - Saii

Japanese: 災異 - さいい

〘 noun 〙 A great disaster. A calamity. A natural disaster or earthly upheaval. ※Shoku Nihongi - Taiho 3rd year (703) July Kogo "Since the occurrence of _such disasters and other incidents, the annual grain supply has not _increased , and _an imperial decree has been issued to reduce the number of grains in _the capital and the provinces under the jurisdiction of Dazaifu." ※Nichiren Shonin (1894) <Koda Rohan> 13 "First of all, the occurrence of such disasters and other incidents is based on the four sutras of the Golden Light Sutra, the Mahasabhadra Sutra, the Niō Sutra, and the Yakushi Sutra." [Han Shu - Ryogoku Biography]

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Japanese:

〘名〙非常の変災。わざわい。天災地変。※続日本紀‐大宝三年（703）七月甲午「以_二災異頻見年穀不_一レ登、詔減_二京畿及大宰府管内諸国調半_一」※日蓮上人（1894）〈幸田露伴〉一三「先づ金光明経大集経仁王経薬師経の四経に拠って災異(サイイ)の来るは」〔漢書‐両龔伝〕

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