余よ震しん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to a smaller earthquake that follows a larger one (the mainshock). Used in news, warnings, and everyday conversation after a quake.

余よ震しんが続つづくaftershocks continue
地じ震しんの後あと、数すう日じつ間かん余よ震しんが続つづいた。
Aftershocks continued for several days after the earthquake.
余よ震しんに警けい戒かいするto be on guard for aftershocks
住じゅう民みんは余よ震しんに警けい戒かいしながら生せい活かつしている。
Residents are living cautiously, on guard for aftershocks.
余よ震しんが発はっ生せいするan aftershock occurs
本ほん震しんから一いち時じ間かん後ごに大おおきな余よ震しんが発はっ生せいした。
A large aftershock occurred one hour after the mainshock.
余よ震しんのおそれがあるthere is a risk of aftershocks
今こん後ごも余よ震しんのおそれがあるので注ちゅう意いしてください。
Please stay alert, as there is still a risk of aftershocks.

本ほん震しん
本震 is the main, largest earthquake in a sequence, while 余震 refers to the smaller quakes that follow it.

前ぜん震しん
前震 is a foreshock that occurs before the main earthquake, whereas 余震 is an aftershock that occurs after it.
微び震しん
余震 means an aftershock (defined by timing relative to a main quake), while 微震 refers to the weak intensity of a tremor, not its timing.
地じ震しんN4
地震 can mean any earthquake, but 余震 specifically means an aftershock that follows a larger 地震.

余よ震しんUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling; the word is almost always written this way.
よしんUsage5%

Compound of 余 (yo, 'remaining, leftover') and 震 (shin, 'earthquake'). The reading is on'yomi.