東 日 本 大 震 災(ひがしにほんだいしんさい)

ひがしにほんだいしんさい

noun

Great East Japan Earthquake (2011)

1. Great East Japan Earthquake (2011)

The disaster of March 11, 2011: a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the Tohoku coast, the tsunami that followed, and the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. More than 18,000 people died or went missing.

東日本大震災(ひがしにほんだいしんさい)から十年(じゅうねん)が経(た)った。

Ten years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake.

東日本大震災(ひがしにほんだいしんさい)の被災地(ひさいち)を訪(おとず)れた。

I visited the areas struck by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

東日本大震災(ひがしにほんだいしんさい)をきっかけに、多(おお)くの家庭(かてい)が防災(ぼうさい)用品(ようひん)を備(そな)えるようになった。

After the Great East Japan Earthquake, many households began keeping emergency supplies.

The official name of the disaster. In conversation it is often simply 震災(しんさい) or 3.11 (read さんてんいちいち), and "before/after the disaster" is 震災前(しんさいまえ) / 震災後(しんさいご).

Common expressions

3.11: the date of the disaster, used as its name
被災地(ひさいち): the disaster-stricken areas
復興(ふっこう): reconstruction, recovery
風化(ふうか)させない: not letting (the memory) fade

Related words

阪神(はんしん)・淡路(あわじ)大震災(だいしんさい): the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of 1995 (Kobe)
関東大震災(かんとうだいしんさい): the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923

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Added 2026.9.28 21:43 · Revised 2026.9.28 21:46

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