謹んで、震災お見舞い申し上げます。
My deepest condolences to those affected by the earthquakes in Japan.
<Skill Levels: Intermediate to Advanced>
How this disaster has been called by different TV news programs in Japan (in March, 2011):
* 東日本大地震(ひがしにほんおおじしん): Higashi Nihon Oojishin
* 東日本大震災(ひがしにほんだいしんさい): Higashi Nihon Daishinsai
* 東日本巨大地震(ひがしにほんきょだいじしん): Higashi Nihon Kyodai-jishin
* 東北関東大震災(とうほくかんとうだいしんさい): Tohoku Kanto Daishinsai
* 東北関東大地震(とうほくかんとうおおじしん): Tohoku Kanto Daishinsai
地震(じしん) jishin: an earthquake
大地震(だいじしん; おおじしん) daijishin or oojishin: a large/great earthquake of magnitude 7 and over
巨大地震(きょだいじしん) kyodai jishin: a large/great earthquake of often magnitude 8 and over
大震災(だいしんさい) daishinsai: a devastating earthquake; a great earthquake (disaster)
東日本(ひがしにほん) Higashi Nihon: eastern Japan
東北(とうほく) Tohoku: Tohoku region
関東(かんとう) Kanto: Kanto region
[POST:東日本大震災関連の日英対訳用語集:Japanese&English Glossary: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami]
My deepest condolences to those affected by the earthquakes in Japan.
<Skill Levels: Intermediate to Advanced>
How this disaster has been called by different TV news programs in Japan (in March, 2011):
* 東日本大地震(ひがしにほんおおじしん): Higashi Nihon Oojishin
* 東日本大震災(ひがしにほんだいしんさい): Higashi Nihon Daishinsai
* 東日本巨大地震(ひがしにほんきょだいじしん): Higashi Nihon Kyodai-jishin
* 東北関東大震災(とうほくかんとうだいしんさい): Tohoku Kanto Daishinsai
* 東北関東大地震(とうほくかんとうおおじしん): Tohoku Kanto Daishinsai
地震(じしん) jishin: an earthquake
大地震(だいじしん; おおじしん) daijishin or oojishin: a large/great earthquake of magnitude 7 and over
巨大地震(きょだいじしん) kyodai jishin: a large/great earthquake of often magnitude 8 and over
大震災(だいしんさい) daishinsai: a devastating earthquake; a great earthquake (disaster)
東日本(ひがしにほん) Higashi Nihon: eastern Japan
東北(とうほく) Tohoku: Tohoku region
関東(かんとう) Kanto: Kanto region
[POST:東日本大震災関連の日英対訳用語集:Japanese&English Glossary: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami]