Keyword
thunder
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig454
Readings
らい
(55%)
Composed of
rain
rice field
Used in kanji (2 in total)
bud (plants, mushrooms not yet opened)
mash
Used in vocabulary (126 in total)
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
lightning strike; lightning bolt
Examples (59 in total)
But, while listening to the sound of thunder, I was thinking about something else.
Before I knew it, I had truly stopped being bothered by the sound of thunder.
The boss's temper is really scary.
Not only is it raining, but there is even lightning.
Come back when the thunder stops.
I got chewed out by the department head.
I know that lightning is electricity.
Thunder rumbled in the distance.
The thunder god is beating the drums.
The thunder cracked loudly.
The thunder god will take your belly button!
There was a clap of thunder, and right after it the rain came.
The small scream I let out involuntarily was drowned out by the sound of thunder.
Feeling as if lightning had struck overhead, I instinctively covered my head with both hands.
We had a lot of thunder that summer.
My dog is afraid of thunder.
We have had a lot of thunder this summer.
I'm afraid of lightning!
Lightning hit that tower.
I'm not afraid of lightning.
The thunder frightened the students.
Lightning is liable to hit metal.
I was surprised at the sudden thunder.
I was woken up by the sound of thunder this morning.
Thunder is rumbling in the distance.
The thunder rumbled.
There was thunder and lightning last night.
We heard the crack of thunder.
The thunder became louder.
The animals were scared by the thunder.
I wish Tom would get struck by lightning and die.
Lightning struck the train Tom was riding on.
Tom was hit by lightning on the beach and died.
The heavy rain was accompanied with thunder.
The ship Tom's grandfather was on was sunk by a torpedo.
The thunder roared.
Suddenly I heard a loud clap of thunder.
The tree was struck by lightning.
Lightning struck Tom's house.
His house was struck by lightning.
Lightning struck nearby without warning! I thought my heart was going to stop beating.
The storm was accompanied with thunder.
The flash of lightning precedes the sound of thunder.
The performance was received with applause.
Apparently he stepped on a landmine.
He drove over a land mine and his jeep blew up.
Tom has been struck by lightning three times.
I'm at the hospital. I got struck by lightning.
The weather report said that there will be thunderstorms tomorrow evening.
The fireworks show was suspended after 30 minutes due to the thunderstorm.
Trains were disrupted due to a thunderstorm.
Black clouds announced the coming thunderstorm.
Communications have been cut off for two hours because of a thunderstorm.
Thunder indicates that a storm is near.
I heard it thunder in the distance.
Did you hear the thunder rumbling?
What's a lightning rod?
The curtain fell amid the wild applause of the audience.
The day was stormy, and what was worse still, it was thundering.