東北地方太平洋沖地震

Japanese

Kanji in this term
東	北	地	方	太	平	洋	沖	地	震
とう Grade: 2	ほく Grade: 2	ち Grade: 2	ほう Grade: 2	たい Grade: 2	へい Grade: 3	よう Grade: 3	おき Grade: 4	じ Grade: 2	しん Grade: S
on’yomi							kun’yomi	on’yomi

Proper noun

東(とう)北(ほく)地(ち)方(ほう)太(たい)平(へい)洋(よう)沖(おき)地(じ)震(しん) • (Tōhoku-chihō Taiheiyō-oki Jishin) 

1. (seismology) the Tōhoku earthquake of March 11, 2011

Usage notes

This term refers to the earthquake itself. The disaster it caused is called 東(ひがし)日(に)本(ほん)大(だい)震(しん)災(さい) (Higashi Nihon Daishinsai)