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耐震工学 (たいしんこうがく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

耐たい震しん工こう学がく

Meanings

1

noun

earthquake engineering; seismic engineering

Technical field concerned with designing structures to withstand seismic activity.

耐たい震しん工こう学がくの専せん門もん家かが新あたらしいビルの設せっ計けいを監かん修しゅうした。
An earthquake engineering expert supervised the design of the new building.
彼かれは大だい学がくで耐たい震しん工こう学がくを専せん攻こうしている。
He is majoring in seismic engineering at university.

Kanji

耐-proof, enduring
震quake, shake, tremble
工craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
学

study, learning, science

Similar words

耐たい震しん
耐震 is the general concept of earthquake resistance, while 耐震工学 specifically refers to the engineering discipline.
地じ震しん学がく
地震学 is seismology, the scientific study of earthquakes themselves, whereas 耐震工学 focuses on engineering structures to resist them.

Etymology

Compound of 耐震 (earthquake resistance) + 工学 (engineering).