大震災

Meaning

1. n
   great earthquake (disaster); highly destructive earthquake

Example sentences

• 東京の郊外に住む両親や弟は大震災で死んだ。

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

• 大震災被災者が大勢います。

  The victims of the earthquake disaster are numerous.

• 日本は昔から地震の多い国ですから、大震災が発生することもあります。

  Japan has had the experience of being hit by major earthquake disasters, since it is a country which has historically had many earthquakes.