地響き|じひびきjihibiki[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounsubterranean rumbling; earth tremor

• Related轟きとどろきNeutralA loud, resounding roar or rumble; neutral in register. Unlike 地響き, it does not specify the source, so it fits thunder, waterfalls, or engines as readily as the ground.

Choose 地響き for a low rumble from underground or the trembling of the earth itself; use 轟き for any loud, resounding roar or rumble, whatever its source.

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1. 地面じめんの下もとで起おこる低ひくい音おとや振動しんどう。