Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 大地震(おおじしん) in Japanese

大地震
Kana Reading
おおじしん, だいじしん
Romaji
ōjishin, daijishin
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    major earthquake
    Example sentence
    大地震発生から応急対策収束まで避難流れです The flow of evacuation events from occurrence of a large earthquake to the conclusion of emergency counter measures.

Examples of 大地震, おおじしん, だいじしん in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 2

15 strokes

quake, shake, tremble, quiver, shiver

On'Yomi: シン

Kun'Yomi: ふる.う, ふる.える

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JLPT 4

6 strokes

ground, earth

On'Yomi: チ, ジ

Kun'Yomi:

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JLPT 5

3 strokes

large, big

On'Yomi: ダイ, タイ

Kun'Yomi: おお-, おお.きい, -おお.いに

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