Word Meaning 烈震

れっしん resshin

烈震 is read as れっしん (resshin) and means disastrous earthquake.

Meaning

English

disastrous earthquake

Reading

Kana

れっしん

Romaji

resshin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 12190 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

微震

びしん

slight earthquake

激震

げきしん

severe earthquake

耐震

たいしん

resistant to earthquakes

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)

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)

三陸沖地震

さんりくおきじしん

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

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

地震

ない

earthquake

余震

よしん

aftershock

軽震

けいしん

weak earthquake

有感地震

ゆうかんじしん

perceptible earthquake