Illustration: From inside a neighborhood laundromat, a customer watches heavy rain hammer the pavement beyond the glass entrance. A branching lightning bolt cuts through the dark sky above nearby apartment roofs, illuminating the wet street.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

雷らい雨う

raiu

thunderstorm

Example sentences

  1. ２時間じかんほど前まえから雷雨らいうのため連絡れんらくが断たたれている。

    Communications have been cut off for two hours because of a thunderstorm.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 天気予報てんきよほうは明日あしたの晩ばんは雷雨らいうになると言いっていた。

    The weather report said that there will be thunderstorms tomorrow evening.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 朝あさの天気予報てんきよほうにはおそくなって雷雨らいうがあるとのことだった。

    The morning forecast predicted thunder showers later in the day.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 雷雨

  • 雷thunder; lightning boltOnライKunかみなり・いかずち・いかづち
  • 雨rainOnウKunあめ・あま-

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