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jishin

地じ震しんjishin
earthquake
From Lesson 368:Vocabulary expansion 46·Japanese

Breakdown of jishin

ground
地

The ground is where the soil chooses to be.

quake
震

As it's raining outside and you're shivering, you decided to stay inside to play Quake.

Usages of jishin

私わたし は 一いちど度 も 地じ震しん を 経けい験けんしたこと が ない。watashi wa ichido mo jishin o keikenshitakoto ga nai.
I have never experienced an earthquake. (not even once)
地じ震しん が 起おこった 時とき、 私わたし は 家いえ に いました。jishin ga okotta toki, watashi wa ie ni imashita.
When the earthquake happened, I was at home.

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