軟なん弱じゃく地じ盤ばん

noun

soft ground; weak ground

Technical term in civil engineering and construction, referring to ground with low bearing capacity or high compressibility, such as peat, clay, or loose sand.

• 軟なん弱じゃく地じ盤ばんでの建けん築ちくには、地じ盤ばん改かい良りょうが必ひつ要ようです。

  Building on soft ground requires ground improvement.

• この地ち域いきは軟なん弱じゃく地じ盤ばんが多おおいため、地じ震しんの際さいに液えき状じょう化かのリスクが高たかい。

  Because this area has a lot of soft ground, the risk of liquefaction during an earthquake is high.