Illustration: From the covered veranda of a suburban Japanese home, a family reacts to a storm over the distant neighborhood. A large branching lightning bolt cuts from the dark clouds toward a far hill, clearly separated from the houses.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

雷かみなり

kaminari

thunder, lightning

Example sentences

子供達こどもたちは雷かみなりにおびえた。
The thunder scared the children.
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豪雨ごううは雷かみなりを伴ともなった。
The heavy rain was accompanied with thunder.
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彼かれの家いえに雷かみなりが落おちた。
His house was struck by lightning.
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Kanji in 雷

雷thunder; lightning boltOnライKunかみなり・いかずち・いかづち

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