首しゅ都と直ちょっ下か地じ震しんMeaningsNoun1. Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakesKanji used首neck都metropolis直straight下below地ground震tremorsComposed of首しゅ都と(national) capital (city); metropolisNoun直ちょっ下かdirectly under; falling perpendicularlyNoun地じ震しんearthquakeNoun