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Earthquake


Radical Combination


Meaning

Earthquake, Quake, Shake

Mnemonic

Rain causes a landslide that causes an earthquake!!! The earth doesn't just slide, it shakes and quakes.

Picture this happening in real time. First it starts to rain really hard, then the ground starts to shift and run, then everything is shaking and quaking so violently it's an earthquake!


Reading

On'yomi

しん

Kun'yomi

ふる

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The earthquake shakes you so violently that you fall over, banging your shin (しん) on the coffee table. The edge of the coffee table is very sharp, so it cuts into your shin pretty badly.

You grab your shin, but the earthquake shakes the coffee table toward you to hit your shin yet again! Ow ow ow stop!


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