活断層

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
活	断	層
かつ Grade: 2	だん Grade: 5	そう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
活斷層 (kyūjitai)

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活断層

Etymology

From 活(かつ) (katsu) + 断層(だんそう) (dansō).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かつだんそー (Nakadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

活(かつ)断(だん)層(そう) • (katsudansō) ^{←くわつだんそう (kwatudansou)^?}

(geology) active fault

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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