tsunami

• 津波

日本語のtsunami、おそらく和製漢語のtsu、津、波、波から。文字通り、港に吹き込む大きな波、津波。

tsunami

tsunami: [19] Japanese tsunami means literally ‘harbour waves’, a reference to the devastating effect Pacific tsunamis have had on Japanese coastal communities. For most of the 20th century the term was largely restricted to the specialized vocabulary of oceanographers and earth scientists, lay people preferring the more familiar tidal wave (a misnomer: strictly speaking, a tidal wave is one caused by the movement of the tide, whereas a tsunami is specifically generated by an undersea earthquake), but the disastrous inundation of southern Asian coasts at the end of 2004 lodged it firmly in the language’s everyday lexicon.

tsunami (n.)

1896, in reference to the one that struck Japan that year on June 15, from Japanese tsunami, from tsu "harbor" + nami "waves."

1. Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan ( AP ).

大地震は日本の津波警報を引き起こした。

2. We just did a tsunami exercise, even ( though ) that's less likely.

津波の発生の可能性は低いが、演習を行ったばかりだ。＜／

3.Derek：Have you heard of any benefit concert for the tsunami ？

今回の津波のために公益コンサートを開くと聞いたことがありますか。

4.John:Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami .

ジョン：大津波でインド洋沿岸部が水没した。

5.May 22，1960，the Chilean sea tsunami waves of 25 meters.

1960年5月22日、チリ沖で津波が発生し、波の高さは25メートルだった。