Meaning

Primary

Earthquake

Word Type

noun

Explanation

An earth earthquake is just another way to say earthquake.

Reading

じしん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

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 is read as instead of . 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