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地震 (じしん): Earthquake — Japanese vocabulary

地震 is read じしん and means "Earthquake". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

地震

Reading
じしん · jishin
Translation
Earthquake
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
じしんが

Example

地震はいつでも起こる可能性がある。

じしんはいつでもおこるかのうせいがある。

An earthquake can take place at any time.

Kanji in this word

  • 地 — ground, earth
  • 震 — shake, quake

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