雷 – vocab dash

雷かみなり

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Meanings

Noun

1. lightning; thunder; thunderbolt

2. god of thunder; god of lightning

3. anger; fit of anger

Kanji used

Pitch accent

かみなり

Used in vocabulary

things to fear: earthquakes, thunder, fires and, most of all, fathers

Expression

snarling old man; irascible old man

Noun

upper-atmospheric lightning; upper-atmospheric discharge

Noun

kisslip cuttlefish (Sepia lycidas)

Noun

Examples32

子こ供ども達たちは雷かみなりにおびえた。

The thunder scared the children.

この夏なつは雷かみなりが多おおかった。

We have had a lot of thunder this summer.

彼かれの家いえに雷かみなりが落おちた。

His house was struck by lightning.

私わたしはその家いえに雷かみなりが落おちるのを見みた。

I saw the house struck by lightning.

昨日きのうその家いえに雷かみなりが落おちた。

The house was struck by lightning yesterday.

その木きに雷かみなりが落おちた。

The tree was struck by lightning.