Illustration: In an apartment kitchen already disturbed by an earthquake, fallen crockery has been partly collected into a dustpan and a toppled shelf lies safely on the floor. During this interrupted cleanup, a fresh tremor makes the hanging lamp sway and water ripple in a cup on the low table.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

余よ震しん

yoshin

aftershock

Example sentences

  1. 今いまも、ときどき余震よしんが発生はっせいしています。

    Even now there are occasional aftershocks.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 余震よしんは三ヶ月さんかげつにもわたって続つづいたという。

    It is said that the aftershocks continued over three months.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 日本にっぽんではリヒター・スケールでマグニチュード5.0以上いじょうの余震よしんが今週こんしゅう5回かいありました。しかし科学者かがくしゃたちは、最大規模さいだいきぼの余震よしんはまだ先さきに起おこりうると警告けいこくしています。

    Five tremors in excess of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale have shaken Japan just this week, but scientists are warning that the largest expected aftershock has yet to hit.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 余震

  • 余surplus; remainderOnヨKunあまる・あまり・あます
  • 震quake; shakeOnシンKunふるう・ふるえる・ふるわせる

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