大震災

だいしんさい

Meanings

1. Noun great earthquake (disaster); highly destructive earthquake

Kanji

• 大 big. Read as ダイ.
• 震 quake. Read as シン.
• 災 disaster. Read as サイ.

Example sentences

• 3月11日に未曾有の大震災が発生した。
  A great, unexpected earthquake occurred on 11 March.

Words containing 大震災

• 関東大震災 (かんとうだいしんさい) Great Kanto earthquake (1923)
• 東日本大震災 (ひがしにほんだいしんさい) Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011)
• 阪神・淡路大震災 (はんしんあわじだいしんさい) Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake (1995)

And 2 more.

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