近頃は地震が頻繁で不気味だ。

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近頃 は 地震 が 頻繁 で 不気味 だ 。

English Translation

The recent frequency of earthquakes makes us nervous.

Furigana

近頃(ちかごろ)は地震(じしん)が頻繁(ひんぱん)で不気味(ぶきみ)だ。

Romanji

Chikagoro wa jishin ga hinpan de bukimi da.

Words

近頃 (ちかごろ)

lately; recently; nowadays

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

地震 (じしん、ない、なえ、じぶるい)

earthquake

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

頻繁 (ひんぱん)

frequent; incessant

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

不気味 (ぶきみ)

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

Kanji

近

Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い

Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount

頃

Readings: ケイ、 キョウ、 ころ、 ごろ、 しばら.く

Meanings: time, about, toward

地

Readings: チ、 ジ

Meanings: ground, earth

震

Readings: シン、 ふる.う、 ふる.える

Meanings: quake, shake, tremble, quiver, shiver

頻

Readings: ヒン、 しき.りに

Meanings: repeatedly, recur

繁

Readings: ハン、 しげ.る、 しげ.く

Meanings: luxuriant, thick, overgrown, frequency, complexity, trouble

不

Readings: フ、 ブ

Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

気

Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき

Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

味

Readings: ミ、 あじ、 あじ.わう

Meanings: flavor, taste