VocabularyJLPT N4 · core

地震

じしん

hepburn jishin

earthquake

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

昨夜、大きな地震がありました。
There was a big earthquake last night.
地震の時は、まず火を消してください。
When an earthquake happens, first turn off the fire.

Collocations

地震がある地震が起きる大きな地震地震に備える地震の時

Mnemonic

地震 jishin — 地 (earth, ground) + 震 (to tremble). The ground trembling — an earthquake. 震 is the kanji of the verb 震える (furueru, to tremble). Earthquakes are frequent in Japan, so 地震に備える (to prepare for an earthquake) is everyday language. A related disaster word is 台風 (typhoon, K-67 partial-1).

Quick check

Which verb uses the same kanji 震 as 地震?