活断層

活断層

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)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かつだ​んそー [kàtsúdáꜜǹsòò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠t͡sɨᵝdã̠ɰ̃so̞ː]

Noun

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

1. (geology) active fault

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN