Word Meaning 大地震

おおじしん oojishin

大地震 is read as おおじしん (oojishin) and means major earthquake.

Meaning

English

  1. major earthquake
  2. large earthquake

Reading

Kana

おおじしん

Romaji

oojishin

Writing Variants

  • 大地震 だいじしん daijishin

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 68918 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

巨大地震

きょだいじしん

massive earthquake

南海トラフ巨大地震

なんかいとらふきょだいじしん

Nankai megathrust earthquake

大規模地震対策特別措置法

だいきぼじしんたいさくとくべつそちほう

Large-Scale Earthquake Countermeasures Law (1979)

東京大学地震研究所

とうきょうだいがくじしんけんきゅうじょ

Earthquake Research Institute of the University of Tokyo

大震

たいしん

violent earthquake

大震法

たいしんほう

Large-Scale Earthquake Countermeasures Law (1979)

地震

じしん

earthquake

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

中地震

ちゅうじしん

moderate earthquake

小地震

しょうじしん

minor earthquake

Example Sentences

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There was a big earthquake last night.

When the large earthquake happened, I was only ten years old.

The earthquake in Hokkaido caused extensive damage.

It was in the 1920s that a big earthquake destroyed Tokyo.

When the big earthquake occurred, I was just ten.

There is no telling when a severe earthquake will strike Tokyo.

A massive earthquake of magnitude 8.8 hit the Japanese islands today.

The church we went past crumbled five minutes later due to a huge earthquake, and more than a hundred churchgoers were buried alive.