No. 802 in Japanese
防災
Disaster prevention.
In a sentence
災害に備えるため、地域で防災訓練が行われました。
To prepare for disasters, a disaster prevention drill was conducted in the community.
'防災' is used as a noun in this sentence to mean disaster prevention, highlighting its application in community preparedness activities.
防災の意識を高めることが非常に重要です。
It is extremely important to raise disaster prevention awareness.
'防災' serves as a subject in this sentence, emphasizing the concept of disaster prevention as an awareness or mindset.
この防災アプリを使うと、避難所を簡単に見つけられます。
With this disaster prevention app, finding shelters is easy.
'防災' is used as an adjective here, modifying 'app' to describe its purpose related to disaster prevention.
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