震源

Chinese
shake; shock; sign in trigram root; source; origin
trad. (震源) 震 源
simp. #(震源) 震 源

Pronunciation

Noun

震源

  1. (seismology) hypocenter; focus of an earthquake

Japanese
Kanji in this term
震 源
しん
Grade: S		 げん
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) しんげん [shìńgéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ɕĩŋɡẽ̞ɴ]

    Noun

    震(しん)源(げん) • (shingen) 

    1. (seismology) hypocenter
      千(ち)葉(ば)県北(けんほく)西(せい)部(ぶ)を震(しん)源(げん)とする地(じ)震(しん)
      Chiba-ken hokuseibu o shingen to suru jishin
      an earthquake with a hypocenter in northwestern Chiba Prefecture
    2. (figuratively) The geographical area in which an ongoing disaster, illness, crisis, or other destructive event is currently most severe.
      アメリカメディアによりますと、ミネソタ州(しゅう)を震(しん)源(げん)とした抗(こう)議(ぎ)デモは少(すく)なくとも75(ななじゅうご)の都(と)市(し)に広(ひろ)がったということです。
      amerika media ni yorimasu to, Minesota-shū o shingen toshita kōgi demo wa sukunakutomo nanajūgo no toshi ni hirogatta toiu koto desu.
      According to US media, protests centered on the state of Minnesota spread to at least 75 cities.

    References
    1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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