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震災 (shinsai) Japanese meaning: earthquake disaster | Kotomora
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The Great East Japan Earthquake disaster occurred in 2011.
Reconstruction after an earthquake disaster takes a long time.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 が 震しん 災さい に 見み 舞ま われる for a place to be struck by an earthquake disaster
That region was struck by an earthquake disaster ten years ago.
震しん 災さい から 復ふっ 興こう する to recover/rebuild from an earthquake disaster
The town is gradually recovering from the earthquake disaster.
震しん 災さい の 被ひ 害がい を 受う ける to suffer damage from an earthquake disaster
Many houses suffered damage from the earthquake disaster.
Related words 地震 refers to the earthquake itself as a seismic event, while 震災 refers to the disaster and damage that results from it.
災害 is a general term covering any kind of disaster (natural or man-made), whereas 震災 specifically denotes an earthquake-caused disaster.
震災 means earthquake-caused disaster in general, while 大震災 specifically emphasizes an unusually large-scale, catastrophic quake.
Don't confuse with 震災 refers to damage from an earthquake, while 戦災 refers to damage from war; the two share the pattern 〜災 but differ in cause.
地震 refers to the earthquake itself, while 震災 refers to the disaster and damage that result from it.
Word family major earthquake disaster; great earthquake; highly destructive earthquake
earthquake disaster area; quake-stricken zone
combined earthquake and nuclear power plant disaster
Etymology Compound of 震 (しん, 'earthquake') and 災 (さい, 'disaster'). The reading is on'yomi.
anniversary of the Great Kanto earthquake
