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"Tsu" means "Harbour" and "Nami" means "Wave"; thus, tsunami translated means "Harbour Wave".

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They called them harbor waves because they seemed to rise out of the harbor -- one could not really see them approaching.

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A tsunami to anyone means destruction and death. The Japanese live on the Pacific rim and earthquakes happened all the time which means so can a tsunami.

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