震

Meaning

震 centers on sudden, often violent shaking: an earthquake, trembling with fear or cold, or quivering with emotion. The core idea is a strong, involuntary vibration.

• 地震じしん
  N4

  earthquake

• 震えふるえ

  shivering; trembling

• 大震災だいしんさい

  great earthquake (disaster); highly destructive earthquake

• 震災しんさい

  earthquake disaster

• 震度しんど
  N1

  seismic intensity

• 震えるふるえる
  N3

  to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

• 震源しんげん

  hypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter; focus

• 耐震たいしん

  resistant to earthquakes

• 震しん

  zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)

• 余震よしん

  aftershock

• 関東大震災かんとうだいしんさい

  Great Kanto earthquake (1923)

• 震撼しんかん

  shake; shock

• 激震げきしん

  severe earthquake; violent tremor

• 震わせるふるわせる
  N1

  to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate

• 本震ほんしん

  main shock (of an earthquake)

• 脳震盪のうしんとう

  concussion (of the brain)

• 強震きょうしん

  severe earthquake

• 身震いみぶるい

  shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering

• 地震動じしんどう

  seismic motion

• 震動しんどう

  shock; tremor; impact; vibration

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