がい
Meanings
Noun
1. injury; harm; evil influence; damage
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (55 in total)
nonviolence; non-harming; ahimsa
harmless; innocuous; safe; benign
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
Examples (13 in total)
Bad books will do you harm.
Wine is not harmful in itself.
Smoking is dangerous to health.
A long spell of rainy weather is harmful to plants.
Do you think television does children harm?
You shouldn't read books that are harmful to you.
You shouldn't read magazines that are harmful to you.
This kind of magazine can do harm to young people.
Japan is very subject to earthquakes.
Too much drinking may be hazardous to your health.
Smoking does you more harm than good.
Insecticides are agricultural chemicals that exterminate insects harmful to plants.
From my point of view, cars do more harm than good.