大だい震しん災さい
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Meanings
Noun
1. great earthquake (disaster); highly destructive earthquake
Kanji used
Pitch accent
だいしんさい
Composed of
大だい
large; big; great; huge; vast; major; important; serious; severe; prominent; …
Prefix
震しん災さい
earthquake disaster
Noun
Used in vocabulary
関かん東とう大だい震しん災さい
Great Kanto earthquake (1923)
Noun
阪はん神しん大だい震しん災さい
Great Hanshin Earthquake (1995)
Noun
東ひがし日本にほん大だい震しん災さい
Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tōhoku earthquake; Tohoku earthquake; Sendai earthquake
Noun
Examples1
My parents and little brother, who lived in the suburbs of Tokyo, died in the big earthquake.