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    3. 首都直下地震

    首都直下地震

    首しゅ都と直ちょっ下か地じ震しん

    Tokyo near-field earthquake

    NTNounNature & EnvironmentWeather & GeographyKanji Vocab52 strokes

    しゅとちょっかじしん

    Noun

    1.
    Tokyo near-field earthquake, large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes

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    Kanji that make up this word

    首
    くび…(4)
    neck・counter for songs and poems
    都
    みやこ…(7)
    metropolis・capital・all・everything
    直
    ただ.ちに・なお.す・-なお.す・なお.る・なお.き・す.ぐ…(7)
    straightaway・honesty・frankness・fix・repair
    下
    した・しも・もと・さ.げる・さ.がる・くだ.る…(10)
    below・down・descend・give・low…(1)
    地
    ground・earth
    震
    ふる.う・ふる.える・ふる.わせる・ふる.わす…(1)
    quake・shake・tremble・quiver・shiver
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