東ひがし日本にほん大だい震しん災さい

noun

Great East Japan Earthquake; Tōhoku earthquake; Sendai earthquake

Official name for the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011. Often abbreviated from the full technical name 東北地方太平洋沖地震. In English, 'Great East Japan Earthquake' is the most common equivalent.

See also: 東北地方太平洋沖地震

• 東ひがし日本にほん大だい震しん災さいから10年ねんが経たった。

  Ten years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake.

• 東ひがし日本にほん大だい震しん災さいの復ふっ興こうはまだ続つづいている。

  Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake is still ongoing.