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だいじしん
大地震
では
じめん
地面
が
ちょうじかん
長時間
にわたって
ゆ
揺
れた。
During the huge earthquake, the ground shook for a long time.
Conjugations and inflections
  揺れた is the past form of ichidan verb 揺れる   ALL INFLECTIONS
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Words
だ い じ し ん 3
noun
major earthquake
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で は 1
conjunction, interjection (kandoushi)
then; well; so; well then  (see also: それでは)
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じ め ん 1
ground; earth's surface
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ち ょ う じ か ん 3
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
long period of time; long playing
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Most common form: に渡って
expression
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...  (see also: 渡る; often written with kana only)
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ゆ れ る 0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to shake; to sway; to waver
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Kanji
大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
地
チ   ジ    ground   
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也
ヤ   to be
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
震
シン   ふるう    ふるえる to tremble, to shake   
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⻗
フ   あめ rain   
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辰
シン   たつ dragon; 7-9 am   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
厂
cliff
面
メン   おもて mask, features, surface   おも surface   つら face   
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百
ヒャク    hundred; 100   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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長
チョウ   ながい long   
時
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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寺
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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寸
スン   inch
間
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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門
モン   かど gate   
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揺
ヨウ   ゆる    ゆする    ゆさぶる    ゆすぶる to shake (something)   ゆれる    ゆるぐ to tremble, to shake   ゆらぐ to be (emotionally) shaken   
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扌
hand
⺤
つめ claw; fingernail   
缶
カン    can   
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