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    3. 地殻変動

    地殻変動

    地ち殻かく変へん動どう

    diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust)

    KMT8News #17+1NounNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab37 strokes

    ちかくへんどう

    Noun

    1.
    diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust)
    geology
    2.
    upheaval (e.g. in politics), seismic shift, earthshaking changes

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    地ち殻かく変へん動どうは地ち球きゅうの表ひょう面めんをゆっくりと変かえます。

    Diastrophism slowly changes the Earth's surface.

    KMT7Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    プレートの動うごきによって地ち殻かく変へん動どうが起おこり、地じ震しんが発はっ生せいする。

    Diastrophism occurs due to plate movement, causing earthquakes.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    大だい規き模ぼな地ち殻かく変へん動どうが、山さん脈みゃくの形けい成せいに大 きく寄き与よしたと考かんがえられている。

    It is believed that large-scale diastrophism greatly contributed to the formation of mountain ranges.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    この地ち域いきの地ち層そうは、過か去この激はげしい地ち殻かく変へん動どうの痕こん跡せきを示しめしている。

    The geological strata in this region show traces of intense past diastrophism.

    KMT9Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    政せい治じの世せ界かいでは、まさに地ち殻かく変へん動どうと呼よべるような大おおきな変へん化かが起おきている。

    In the world of politics, major changes that could be called a seismic shift are occurring.

    KMT9Politics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    地
    ground・earth
    殻
    から・がら…(3)
    husk・nut shell
    変
    か.わる・か.わり・か.える…(1)
    unusual・change・strange
    動
    うご.く・うご.かす…(2)
    move・motion・change・confusion・shift…(1)
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