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断層運動 (dansouundou) Japanese meaning: fault movement | Kotomora

断だん層そう運うん動どう

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Meanings

1

fault movement; faulting

Geological term referring to the movement or displacement along a fault plane.

この地ち域いきでは、断だん層そう運うん動どうによって地じ震しんが頻ひん発ぱつして

いる

。

In this region, earthquakes occur frequently due to fault movement.

活かつ断だん層そうの断だん層そう運うん動どうを調ちょう査さする。

Investigate the fault movement of an active fault.

Kanji

断severance, decline, refuse
層stratum, social class, layer
運carry, luck, destiny
動move, motion, change

Related words

断だん層そう
断層 is the fault itself, while 断層運動 refers specifically to the movement or activity along that fault.
地じ震しん
地震 is an earthquake, often caused by 断層運動, but the latter focuses on the geological process of fault slip.

Built from

断だん層そう+運うん動どう

Etymology

Compound of 断層 (fault) and 運動 (movement), directly describing the movement of a geological fault.