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地震

Earthquake


Meaning

Earthquake

Word Type

noun

Explanation

An earth earthquake is just another way to say earthquake.


Reading

じしん

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well. Notice that 地 is read as じ instead of ち. You've seen this happen a few times before, so just try to remember that this is the case here.


Context

Context Sentences

最近、地震、多いよね。昨日もでしょ?

There have been a lot of earthquakes lately, haven't there? Yesterday too, right?

人工地震って、本当にあると思いますか?

Do you think man-made earthquakes really exist?

東日本大震災はでは、マグニチュード9の大地震が起こりました。

The Great East Japan Earthquake was a massive magnitude 9.0 earthquake.


Kanji Composition