らい
Meanings
Noun
1. lightning; thunder; thunderbolt
2. god of thunder; god of lightning
when read as "かみなり"
3. anger; fit of anger
when read as "かみなり"
Kanji used
thunder
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (25 in total)
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
flash of lightning; fire caused by lightning
god of thunder
① 「機械水雷」の略。
① 多くの雷。転じて、大きな音。大勢が拍手をする際に出る大きな音の喩えとして多く用いられる。
brontosaurus; apatosaurus
(in Chinese mythology) beast which descends from the sky with a thunderbolt
depth charge
torpedo; (sea) mine; underwater mine
detonator; percussion cap
① 自分にしっかりした意見がなく、他人の意見に同調すること。
① かみなり。
outbreak of thunder
① 世間に知れ渡る名声。
① かみなり。
hundred thunderclaps
raigan (Omphalia lapidescens); parasitic fungus which grows on bamboo, used in Chinese medicine
① 寒冷前線に伴って発生するかみなり。
lightning rod; lightning conductor; lightning arrester; charm that protects one from lightning
volcanic thunderstorm
① 急激な上昇気流で出来た積乱雲で発生するかみなり。
winter thunder; thunderstorm accompanying a cold front
mercury fulminate
artificial lightning
Examples (13 in total)
I'm not afraid of lightning.
The heavy rain was accompanied with thunder.
The storm was accompanied with thunder.