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しゅとちょっかがたじしん
Meanings
Noun
1. 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
Alt. forms
首しゅ都と直ちょっ下か型がた地じ震しん
しゅとちょっかがたじしん
Composed of
capital city; metropolis
near-field earthquake; local earthquake, esp. with a shallow focus directly under a populated area