Word Meaning 大震災

だいしんさい daishinsai

大震災 is read as だいしんさい (daishinsai) and means Great Kanto earthquake of 1923.

Meaning

English

  1. Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
  2. great earthquake (disaster)

Reading

Kana

だいしんさい

Romaji

daishinsai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 13778 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

東日本大震災

ひがしにほんだいしんさい

Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011)

東北関東大震災

とうほくかんとうだいしんさい

Tōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011)

関東大震災

かんとうだいしんさい

Great Kanto earthquake of 1923

淡路大震災

あわじだいしんさい

Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995

阪神大震災

はんしんだいしんさい

Great Hanshin Earthquake (January 17, 1995)

大災

たいさい

great disaster

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)

大災害

だいさいがい

great disaster

大東京火災海上保険

だいとうきょうかさいかいじょうほけん

Dai-Tokyo Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Limited

大規模災害

だいきぼさいがい

large-scale disaster

大成火災海上保険

たいせいかさいかいじょうほけん

Taisei Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Limited

大災害債券

だいさいがいさいけん

catastrophe bond

Example Sentences

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The victims of the earthquake disaster are numerous.

A great, unexpected earthquake occurred on 11 March.

My parents and little brother, who lived in the suburbs of Tokyo, died in the big earthquake.

During the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, the height of the tsunami waves reached up to 37.9 meters.

Japan has had the experience of being hit by major earthquake disasters, since it is a country which has historically had many earthquakes.

Since a large area was devastated by the Tohoku earthquake of 2011, a sustained help effort is sought.

The Japan Meteorological Agency has revised the magnitude of the eastern Japan quake from 8.8 to 9.0, the largest recorded in world history.