遭難

• 読み: そうなん
• ローマ字: sounan
• 漢字の分解: 遭 (sou) — encounter, meet with; 難 (nan) — difficulty, disaster, hardship
• 発音: /soː.naɴ/

意味

Meeting with disaster; having an accident. Being caught in a dangerous situation, especially in mountains or at sea.

A noun and suru-verb most commonly associated with mountaineering accidents, shipwrecks, and getting lost in wilderness. Unlike general 事故 (jiko, accident), 遭難 implies being stranded or in peril in a remote or dangerous environment. Used as 遭難する (to meet with disaster). Common compounds include 遭難者 (sounansha, disaster victim) and 遭難信号 (sounan shingou, distress signal).

例文

1. 冬山で遭難した登山者が救助された。
2. 遭難信号を受けて、すぐに救助隊が出動した。
3. 天候が急変して遭難する危険がある。

使い方ガイド

場面: mountaineering, maritime, rescue operations

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 遭 (sou, encounter/meet with) + 難 (nan, difficulty/disaster). Literally 'encountering difficulty' — meeting with misfortune beyond one's control.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal