ゼロ地ち点てん

noun

ground zero

Refers to the point on the earth's surface directly above or below an explosion, especially a nuclear one; also used metaphorically for the center of a disaster or crisis.

• 広ひろ島しまのゼロ地ち点てんには平へい和わ記き念ねん公こう園えんが造つくられた。

  Peace Memorial Park was built at ground zero in Hiroshima.

• 地じ震しんのゼロ地ち点てんとなった町まちは壊かい滅めつ的てきな被ひ害がいを受うけた。

  The town that became the earthquake's ground zero suffered catastrophic damage.