しん
Meanings
Noun
1. earthquake
Kanji used
ground
tremors
Pitch accent
しん
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① 下地。文字や絵の書いてない部分。② 本性。地金。③ 会話などを除いた叙述のための文章。④ 旋律。
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
Used in vocabulary (53 in total)
major earthquake; large earthquake
major earthquake; large earthquake
seismograph; seismometer
① 非常に大きい地震。② マグニチュード8以上の地震。
earthquake prediction
precautions against earthquake; anti-earthquake measures; antiearthquake procedures; earthquake countermeasures
near-field earthquake; local earthquake, esp. with a shallow focus directly under a populated area
① 地震により発生し、地球内部を伝搬する弾性波動。
① 地震学を研究する科学者。
① 地震によって引き起こされる地表(地面)の揺れ(振動)。
① 地球上で、地震が特に多発する細長い帯状の地域。
offshore earthquake
artificial earthquake
things to fear: earthquakes, thunder, fires and, most of all, fathers
earthquake insurance
Tokai earthquake (e.g. of 1498, 1605, 1707 and 1854)
① 人間が揺れを感じることができる地震。気象庁震度階級において、震度1以上の地震がこれにあたる。
Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes
① 《地震学》マグニチュード3以上5未満の地震。
Nankai megathrust earthquake
tsunami (caused by an earthquake)
① 《地震学》マグニチュード5以上7未満の地震。
1946 Nankaido earthquake
things to fear: earthquakes, thunder, fires and, most of all, fathers
① 人間が揺れを感じることはないが、地震計には記録される地震。気象庁震度階級において、震度0の地震がこれにあたる。
distant earthquake; teleseismic earthquake; teleseism
slow earthquake; low-frequency earthquake; silent earthquake
outer-rise earthquake; earthquake in the region seaward of a deep-sea trench
slow earthquake
seismic part (zone, belt)
① 《地震学》マグニチュード1以上3未満の地震。
earthquake engineering
dislocation earthquake; fault earthquake
seismic mineral exploration
Sanriku earthquake of 869 CE
① 地震の規模(マグニチュード)の割に、大きな津波を発生させる地震。
1707 Hōei earthquake
seismic network; seismic array
Examples (77 in total)
Was there an earthquake?
That was not an earthquake.
I'm afraid of earthquakes.