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Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) | | Japanese term or phrase: 地震酔い | feeling as if there is an earthquake going on despite there is no earthquake.
This type of syndrome is found among the people in Japan after the March 11, 2011 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and its consequent aftershocks over 400 times. |
|  pikachupichuKudoZ activityQuestions: 50 (none open) ( 7 closed without grading) Answers: 15
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| | earthquake sickness | Explanation:
There seems to actually be this expression of the phenomenon "earthquake sickness."
http://environjapan.blogspot.com/2011/03/earthquake-sickness...
Earthquake sickness spreads in Japan
Earthquake sickness is similar to motion sickness, and makes one feel dizzy or nauseous. When you go to the sea and enjoy yourself in the water for a while, you feel like you are on the wave even after you go back to your hotel. Earthquake sickness is similar to this feeling.
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/asia/earthquake-sickness-hits...
We are seeing a sharp increase in the number of patients complaining of dizziness,” the Mejiro University Clinic, which specialises in ear, nose, and throat conditions, said on its website.
“They are likely experiencing ‘earthquake sickness’, a condition similar to motion sickness,” the hospital’s chief physician Hideaki Sakata wrote on his blog.
http://theweek.com/article/index/214342/phantom-quakes-and-j...
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Dear pikachupichu,
It is truly always my pleasure.
Joyce :-) |
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Joyce A
Thailand
Local time: 10:18
| Grading comment Dear Joyce,
Many thanks for your quick response with the explanations, which are extraordinarily helpful for my understanding.
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12 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 earthquake sick
Explanation:
http://cn.lang-8.com/243647/journals/843628/Earthquake
| cinefil
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Local time: 12:18
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Native speaker of:  Japanese
PRO pts in category: 204
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +4 earthquake sickness
Explanation:
There seems to actually be this expression of the phenomenon "earthquake sickness."
http://environjapan.blogspot.com/2011/03/earthquake-sickness...
Earthquake sickness spreads in Japan
Earthquake sickness is similar to motion sickness, and makes one feel dizzy or nauseous. When you go to the sea and enjoy yourself in the water for a while, you feel like you are on the wave even after you go back to your hotel. Earthquake sickness is similar to this feeling.
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/asia/earthquake-sickness-hits...
We are seeing a sharp increase in the number of patients complaining of dizziness,” the Mejiro University Clinic, which specialises in ear, nose, and throat conditions, said on its website.
“They are likely experiencing ‘earthquake sickness’, a condition similar to motion sickness,” the hospital’s chief physician Hideaki Sakata wrote on his blog.
http://theweek.com/article/index/214342/phantom-quakes-and-j...
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Note added at 3 days11 hrs (2011-04-20 12:10:51 GMT) Post-grading
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Dear pikachupichu,
It is truly always my pleasure.
Joyce :-)
Example sentence(s):- According to the Japanese media, the best solution to earthquake sickeness is to relieve stress, for example, by streaching and light exercises, drinking hot drinks, listening to favourite musics, taking a long bath and have a good sleep.
| Joyce A
Thailand
Local time: 10:18
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 31
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| | Grading comment Dear Joyce,
Many thanks for your quick response with the explanations, which are extraordinarily helpful for my understanding.
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