阪神大震災では地面が長時間に渡って揺れた。
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English Translation
In the Hanshin earthquake, the ground shook for a long time.
Furigana
Romanji
Hanshin daishinsai de wa jimen ga chōjikan ni watatte yureta.
Words
阪神
(はんしん)
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
大震災
(だいしんさい)
great earthquake (disaster); Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
で
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
地面
(じめん)
ground; earth's surface
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
長時間
(ちょうじかん)
long period of time; long playing
に
(に)
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
渡る
(わたる)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range; to span
揺れる
(ゆれる)
to shake; to sway
Kanji
Readings: ハン、 さか
Meanings: heights, slope
Readings: シン、 ジン、 かみ、 かん-、 こう-
Meanings: gods, mind, soul
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: シン、 ふる.う、 ふる.える
Meanings: quake, shake, tremble, quiver, shiver
Readings: サイ、 わざわ.い
Meanings: disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil
Readings: チ、 ジ
Meanings: ground, earth
Readings: メン、 ベン、 おも、 おもて、 つら
Meanings: mask, face, features, surface
Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ
Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: ト、 わた.る、 -わた.る、 わた.す
Meanings: transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate
Readings: ヨウ、 ゆ.れる、 ゆ.る、 ゆ.らぐ、 ゆ.るぐ、 ゆ.する、 ゆ.さぶる、 ゆ.すぶる、 うご.く
Meanings: swing, shake, sway, rock, tremble, vibrate