Illustration: An earthquake interrupts breakfast in a Japanese apartment. A parent and child crouch beneath a sturdy dining table, holding its legs, while the hanging ceiling lamp swings sharply and water sloshes sideways in a glass.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

地じ震しん

jishin

earthquake

Example sentences

  1. 地震じしんだった？

    Was it an earthquake?

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  2. 私わたしは地震じしんが怖こわい。

    I’m afraid of earthquakes.

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  3. 地震じしんがあったの？

    Was there an earthquake?

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Kanji in 地震

  • 地ground; earthOnチ・ジ
  • 震quake; shakeOnシンKunふるう・ふるえる・ふるわせる

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