Word Meaning 震災

しんさい shinsai

震災 is read as しんさい (shinsai) and means Great Kanto Earthquake (1923).

Meaning

English

Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
earthquake disaster

Reading

Kana

しんさい

Romaji

shinsai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 9173 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

震災関連死

しんさいかんれんし

earthquake-related death

震災記念日

しんさいきねんび

anniversary of the Great Kanto earthquake

震災地

しんさいち

area of an earthquake disaster

震災刈り

しんさいかり

undercut (hairstyle)

大震災

だいしんさい

Great Kanto earthquake of 1923

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

原発震災

げんぱつしんさい

combined earthquake and nuclear power plant disaster

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)

震源

しんげん

hypocentre (of an earthquake)