► 名詞
害 [(1)がい] meaning: damage rank: 2
☆ 歯磨き粉は少量なら飲み込んでも害は無い ⇨ There is no harm in ingesting toothpaste if in a small amount
☆ 試してみても害は無いよ ⇨ There will be no harm in trying
害 [(1)がい] [百害有って一利無し] meaning: damage rank: 2
☆ タバコは百害有って一利無しだ ⇨ Smoking does 100 damages with 0 benefit (☛ A common phrase)
More examples:
- 警察は彼が被害者を殺害したと断定した ⇨ The police concluded definitively that he had murdered the victim
- 大地震で史上空前の被害が出た ⇨ The earthquake caused unprecedented damages
- 洪水で多くの家屋が被害を受けた ⇨ Many houses were damaged by the flood
- 日本では経済成長と共に1950年代から公害が大きな問題になった ⇨ In Japan since the 1950’s pollution became a big issue as the economy developed
- 彼は被害者に傷害を負わせた疑いで逮捕された ⇨ He was arrested on suspicion of injuring the victim
- 自分も同じ被害に遭ったという人達がぞろぞろ現れた ⇨ People who claim to be victims of the same thing have come forward one after another
- 大国は小国の利害など眼中に無い ⇨ The big countries don’t care about the interests of the small countries
- 容疑者は被害者を殺したことを自白した ⇨ The suspect confessed that he killed the victim
- 地震に因る被害は甚大だった ⇨ The damage caused by the earthquake was enormous
- 被害者の死体が発見された ⇨ The corpse of the victim has been found
- 彼は障害を苦にして自殺した ⇨ He killed himself after struggling with his disability
- 被害者は絞め殺された ⇨ The victim was strangled to death
- 彼等は有害物質を違法に廃棄し続けてきた ⇨ They had been discarding toxic material illegally
- 被害者には頭部に殴られた跡が有った ⇨ The victim had a blunt injury on the head
- 首相が地震災害の現地を訪れた ⇨ The prime minister visited the site of the earthquake disaster