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[だい()·しん()·さい()]
daishinsai
noun

English Meaning(s) for 大震災

noun
  1. great earthquake (disaster)
  2. Great Kanto earthquake of 1923

Meanings for each kanji in 大震災

» large; big
» quake; shake; tremble; quiver; shiver
» disaster; calamity; woe; curse; evil

Stroke Order Diagrams for 大震災

Sample Sentences for 大震災

The victims of the earthquake disaster are numerous.
Since a large area was devastated by the Tohoku earthquake of 2011, a sustained help effort is sought.
My parents and little brother, who lived in the suburbs of Tokyo, died in the big earthquake.
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.
In the Hanshin earthquake, the ground shook for a long time.

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