Word Meaning 東日本大震災

ひがしにほんだいしんさい higashinihondaishinsai

東日本大震災 is read as ひがしにほんだいしんさい (higashinihondaishinsai) and means Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011).

Meaning

English

  1. Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011)
  2. Tōhoku earthquake
  3. Tohoku earthquake
  4. Sendai earthquake

Reading

Kana

ひがしにほんだいしんさい

Romaji

higashinihondaishinsai

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 42 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 38693 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

東日本国際大学

ひがしにっぽんこくさいだいがく

Higashi Nippon International University

日本歯科大学東京短期大学

にほんしかだいがくとうきょうたんきだいがく

The Nippon Dental University College at Tokyo

大震災

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)

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

日本災害情報学会

にっぽんさいがいじょうほうがっかい

Japan Society for Disaster Information Studies

日本自然災害学会

にっぽんしぜんさいがいがっかい

Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science

日本災害看護学会

にっぽんさいがいかんごがっかい

Japan Society of Disaster Nursing

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

Example Sentences

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

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.