避難所

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 避難所(ひなんじょ) means a shelter where people stay after escaping danger.
• Basic usage: It is used for the route to a shelter or the distribution of supplies there.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The homophone 非難
  • 避難(ひなん) means escaping danger; 非難(ひなん) means criticizing someone's faults.
• An endpoint and a place of action
  • 避難所まで means as far as the shelter.
  • 避難所では means at the shelter.