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雷鳴

雷鳴

See also: 雷鸣

Chinese

		thunder	to cry (of birds)
trad. (雷鳴)		雷	鳴
simp. (雷鸣)		雷	鸣

Adjective

雷鳴

thunderous

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雷	鳴
らい Grade: S	めい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) らいめい [ràíméé] (Heiban - [0])^[1]

IPA^(key): [ɾ̠a̠ime̞ː]

Noun

雷鳴 ‎(hiragana らいめい, romaji raimei)

thunder, thunderclap

Synonyms

かみなり (kaminari)
雷
電

See also

金剛 (こんごう) ‎(kongō): diamond; thunderbolt
稲妻 (いなずま) ‎(inazuma): lightning bolt
雷電 (らいでん) ‎(raiden): thunder and lightning
落雷 (らくらい) ‎(rakurai): thunderbolt

References

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3