地殻変動

ちかくへんどう

Meanings

1. Noun diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust)
2. upheaval (e.g. in politics); seismic shift; earthshaking changes

Kanji

• 地 land. Read as チ.
• 殻 shell. Read as カク.
• 変 change. Read as ヘン.
• 動 move. Read as ドウ.

Common phrases

• 地殻変動が起きる

Word lists

• Geology

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