Vocabulary

What does 地殻変動 (ちかくへんどう, chikakuhendou) mean?

地殻変動 (ちかくへんどう, chikakuhendou) means diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust).

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Readingちかくへんどう
Romajichikakuhendou
Part of speechnoun
ちかくへんどう
chikakuhendou

diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust)

  1. 1noun diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust)
  2. 2noun upheaval (e.g. in politics); seismic shift; earthshaking changes

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