揺れ
yure · /ju.ɾe/Recordings stay in your browser and are never uploaded.
noun
shaking movement of the ground, often mild
News may call a light quake a tremor before magnitude is known.
Examples
真夜中すぎに軽い揺れで人々が目を覚ましました。
A light tremor woke people just after midnight.
揺れのあいだガラスが鳴りましたが、落ちたものはありませんでした。
Glass rattled during the tremor but nothing fell.
センサーが三つの県でその揺れを記録しました。
Sensors recorded the tremor across three provinces.
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