大震災
だいしんさい
daishinsai
JMdict entry #1787140
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi) great earthquake (disaster); highly destructive earthquake
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
東京の郊外に住む両親や弟は大震災で死んだ。
toukyou no kougai ni sumu ryoushin ya otouto ha dai shinsai de shin da 。
My parents and little brother, who lived in the suburbs of Tokyo, died in the big earthquake.
阪神大震災では地面が長時間に渡って揺れた。
hanshin dai shinsai de ha jimen ga chou jikan ni wataxtsu te yure ta 。
In the Hanshin earthquake, the ground shook for a long time.