Illustration: From inside a Japanese farmhouse, a child and grandparent watch a storm through a closed window. A sharply branching bolt of lightning crosses the dark sky beyond the rice fields, briefly illuminating the distant irrigation channel and roofs.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

稲いな妻ずま

inazuma

lightning

いなづま is an alternative spelling of the reading. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 稲妻いなずまは危険きけんなこともある。

    Lightning can be dangerous.

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  2. 稲妻いなずまは雷鳴らいめいより先さきにくる。

    Lightning precedes thunder.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 昨夜雷鳴さくやらいめいと稲妻いなずまがあった。

    There was thunder and lightning last night.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 稲妻

  • 稲rice plantOnトウ・テKunいね・いな-
  • 妻wife; spouseOnサイKunつま

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