Kanji
N2 15 strokes Grade 8 freq #893

quake, shake, tremble, quiver, shiver

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

rain ame

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

earthquake
hypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter
seismic intensity
great earthquake (disaster); highly destructive earthquake
slight earthquake
aftershock
shock; tremor
weak earthquake
mild earthquake
earthquake disaster

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear)
to tremble violently; to shudder up
to shiver; to shake

Example sentences

He is ready for an earthquake.

There is no other country in the world where earthquakes are as frequent as in Japan.

My parents and little brother, who lived in the suburbs of Tokyo, died in the big earthquake.

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