Word Meaning 三陸沖地震

さんりくおきじしん sanrikuokijishin

三陸沖地震 is read as さんりくおきじしん (sanrikuokijishin) and means Sanriku offshore earthquake (esp. June 15, 1896, March 3, 1933, and March 11, 2011).

Meaning

English

Sanriku offshore earthquake (esp. June 15, 1896, March 3, 1933, and March 11, 2011)
Sanriku earthquake

Reading

Kana

さんりくおきじしん

Romaji

sanrikuokijishin

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 42 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 66599 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

東北地方太平洋沖地震

とうほくちほうたいへいようおきじしん

Tōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011)

沖地震

おきじしん

offshore earthquake

スマトラ沖地震

すまとらおきじしん

Sumatra-Andaman earthquake (2004, resulting in the Indian Ocean tsunami)

新潟県中越地震

にいがたけんちゅうえつじしん

Chūetsu earthquake (Niigata prefecture, 2004)

極微小地震

ごくびしょうじしん

ultra-microearthquake

微小地震

びしょうじしん

microearthquake

津波地震

つなみじしん

tsunami earthquake

貞観地震

じょうがんじしん

Sanriku earthquake of 869 CE

三陸

さんりく

Sanriku (the three former provinces of Rikuzen, Rikuchū and Rikuō)

地震

ない

earthquake

有感地震

ゆうかんじしん

perceptible earthquake

人工地震

じんこうじしん

artificial earthquake