| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 地震 | じしん | an earthquake (shock), an earth tremor |
| 震える | ふるえる | to shiver, to shake, to quake |
| 余震 | よしん | aftershock |
| 大震災 | だいしんさい | great earthquake (disaster) |
| 弱震 | じゃくしん | mild earthquake |
| 微震 | びしん | slight earthquake |
| 烈震 | れっしん | disastrous earthquake |
| 耐震 | たいしん | resistant to earthquakes |
| 軽震 | けいしん | weak earthquake |
| 震動 | しんどう | shock, tremor, impact |
| 震央 | しんおう | epicentre, epicenter, earthquake centre, earthquake center |
| 震度 | しんど | Japanese earthquake scale (level 1: weak to level 7: devastation) |
| 震源 | しんげん | epicentre, epicenter, earthquake centre, earthquake center |
| 震災 | しんさい | earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923) |