Word Meaning 雷鳴

らいめい raimei

雷鳴 is read as らいめい (raimei) and means thunder.

Meaning

English

  1. thunder
  2. thunderclap
  3. crash of thunder

Reading

Kana

らいめい

Romaji

raimei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 4級 Rank 12911 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

雷が鳴る

かみなりがなる

to thunder

雷雲

らいうん

thundercloud

いかずち

anger

かみなり

anger

らい

anger

雷雨

らいう

thunderstorm

悲鳴

ひめい

shriek

共鳴

きょうめい

resonance

百家争鳴

ひゃっかそうめい

let a hundred schools of thought contend

落雷

らくらい

lightning strike

魚雷

ぎょらい

torpedo

地雷

じらい

land mine

Example Sentences

6

The thunder roared.

I was taken aback by a thunderclap.

Thunder is rumbling in the distance.

Lightning is usually followed by thunder.

The animals were scared by the thunder.

It is because light travels faster than sound that we see lightning before we hear thunder.