地震使海床升高并由此引发了海啸(该词源于日语)。这次海啸来势凶猛，不费吹灰之力就将日本最好的海岸防备系统破坏殆尽。
As the quake lifted the ocean floor, it triggered a tsunami (the word is Japanese) that breached with ease some of what were considered to be Japan's best coastal defences.
“海啸”这个词是极少的几个源于日语而用于全球的词汇之一，专指该国非常熟知的自然灾害。
THAT "tsunami" is one of the few Japanese words in global use points to the country's familiarity with natural disaster.
他说，浮现在自己脑海里的是一句日语“yappari”，意思是“差不多”。他说，果然，海啸真的来了。
The thought that came to mind, he says, was 'yappari, ' a Japanese word meaning roughly, 'Sure enough, it happened.
他说，浮现在自己脑海里的是一句日语“yappari”，意思是“差不多”。他说，果然，海啸真的来了。
The thought that came to mind, he says, was 'yappari, ' a Japanese word meaning roughly, 'Sure enough, it happened.
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