Moto 震: Quake; Shake; TrembleKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シン
- Kun'yomi
- ふる(う)、ふる(える)
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 163 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シン)
- 地震じしんearthquake
- 震源しんげんhypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter
- 震度しんどseismic intensity
- 大震災だいしんさいgreat earthquake (disaster)
- 微震びしんslight earthquake
- 余震よしんaftershock
- 震動しんどうshock; tremor
- 軽震けいしんweak earthquake
- 中震ちゅうしんmoderate earthquake
- 地震学じしんがくseismology
- 弱震じゃくしんmild earthquake
- 強震きょうしんsevere earthquake
- 有感地震ゆうかんじしんperceptible earthquake
- 激震げきしんsevere earthquake; violent tremor
- 烈震れっしんdisastrous earthquake
- 耐震たいしんresistant to earthquakes
- 震撼しんかんshake; shock
- 震災しんさいearthquake disaster
- ぬるぬる地震ぬるぬるじしんslow earthquake
- ゆっくり地震ゆっくりじしんslow earthquake; low-frequency earthquake
- アウターライズ地震アウターライズじしんouter-rise earthquake; earthquake in the region seaward of a deep-sea trench
- スマトラ沖地震スマトラおきじしんSumatra-Andaman earthquake (2004, resulting in the Indian Ocean tsunami)
- スロー地震スローじしんslow earthquake
- メルカリ震度メルカリしんどMercalli intensity (earthquake)
- 三陸沖地震さんりくおきじしんSanriku offshore earthquake (esp. June 15, 1896, March 3, 1933, and March 11, 2011); Sanriku earthquake
- 中地震ちゅうじしんmoderate earthquake
- 予震よしんpreliminary tremor
- 人工地震じんこうじしんartificial earthquake
- 低周波地震ていしゅうはじしんlow-frequency earthquake
- 免震めんしんbase isolation; seismic base isolation
- 免震構造めんしんこうぞうbase isolated system; quake-absorbing structure
- 制震せいしんvibration control (in earthquake-resistant construction)
- 前震ぜんしんforeshock
- 劇震げきしんsevere earthquake; violent tremor
- 南海トラフ地震なんかいトラフじしんNankai megathrust earthquake
- 南海トラフ巨大地震なんかいトラフきょだいじしんNankai megathrust earthquake
- 南海地震なんかいじしん1946 Nankaido earthquake
- 地震モーメントじしんモーメントseismic moment
- 地震予知じしんよちearthquake prediction
- 地震予知情報じしんよちじょうほうearthquake prediction information
- 地震保険じしんほけんearthquake insurance
- 地震光じしんこうearthquake light; EQL
- 地震前兆現象じしんぜんちょうげんしょうearthquake precursor
- 地震動じしんどうseismic motion
- 地震国じしんこくquake-prone country
- 地震地帯じしんちたいseismic part (zone, belt)
- 地震学者じしんがくしゃseismologist
- 地震対策じしんたいさくprecautions against earthquake; anti-earthquake measures
- 地震工学じしんこうがくearthquake engineering
- 地震帯じしんたいearthquake zone; earthquake belt
- 地震情報じしんじょうほうearthquake information
- 地震探鉱じしんたんこうseismic mineral exploration
- 地震断層じしんだんそうearthquake fault
- 地震波じしんはseismic wave
- 地震波トモグラフィーじしんはトモグラフィーseismic tomography
- 地震津波じしんつなみtsunami (caused by an earthquake)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 身震いみぶるいshivering (with cold); trembling (with fear)
- 震えるふるえるto shiver; to shake
- 震え上がるふるえあがるto tremble violently; to shudder up
Other readings
- 原発震災げんぱつしんさいcombined earthquake and nuclear power plant disaster
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