Moto 雷: Thunder; Lightning BoltKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ライ
- Kun'yomi
- かみなり、いかずち、いかづち
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 91 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ライ)
- 地雷じらいland mine
- 機雷きらい(sea) mine
- 雷雨らいうthunderstorm
- 落雷らくらいlightning strike; thunderbolt
- 雷雲らいうんthundercloud
- 雷鳴らいめいthunder; thunderclap
- 魚雷ぎょらいtorpedo
- ホーミング魚雷ホーミングぎょらいhoming torpedo
- 万雷ばんらいheavy thunder
- 不和雷同ふわらいどうfollowing blindly; following suit without reflection
- 人工雷じんこうらいartificial lightning
- 人間魚雷回天にんげんぎょらいかいてんkaiten; human torpedo in WW2
- 仕掛け地雷しかけじらいbooby trap
- 付和雷同ふわらいどうfollowing blindly; following suit without reflection
- 光子魚雷こうしぎょらいphoton torpedo
- 地雷を踏むじらいをふむto step on a landmine
- 地雷原じらいげんminefield
- 地雷火じらいか(land) mine
- 地雷臭じらいしゅうsuspicion that something is inferior (game, product, etc.)
- 地雷除去じらいじょきょmine clearance
- 地雷除去作業じらいじょきょさぎょうmine-clearing operation
- 天雷てんらいthunder
- 寒雷かんらいwinter thunder; thunderstorm accompanying a cold front
- 対人地雷たいじんじらいanti-personnel land mine
- 春雷しゅんらいspring thunder
- 機雷原きらいげんminefield
- 機雷艦艇きらいかんていmine warfare vessel
- 水雷すいらいtorpedo
- 水雷巡洋艦すいらいじゅんようかんtorpedo cruiser
- 水雷艇すいらいていtorpedo boat
- 渦雷からいcyclonic thunder-storm
- 火山雷かざんらいvolcanic thunderstorm
- 熱雷ねつらいheat thunderstorm
- 爆雷ばくらいdepth charge
- 界雷かいらいfrontal thunderstorm
- 疾雷しつらいsudden and violent thunder
- 百雷ひゃくらいhundred thunderclaps
- 磁気機雷じききらいmagnetic mine
- 空中魚雷くうちゅうぎょらいaerial torpedo
- 草原雷鳥そうげんらいちょうgreater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)
- 落雷にあうらくらいにあうto be struck by lightning
- 襲雷しゅうらいlightning strike; lightning bolt
- 迅雷じんらいthunderclap
- 遠雷えんらいdistant thunder
- 避雷針ひらいしんlightning rod
- 附和雷同ふわらいどうfollowing blindly; following suit without reflection
- 雷こうらいこうmercury fulminate
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 雷かみなりlightning; thunder
- 地震雷火事おやじじしんかみなりかじおやじthings to fear: earthquakes, thunder, fires and, most of all, fathers
- 日雷ひがみなりthunder on a clear day
- 火雷ひがみなりthunder on a clear day
- 超高層雷放電ちょうこうそうかみなりほうでんupper-atmospheric lightning; upper-atmospheric discharge
- 雷が落ちるかみなりがおちるto be struck by lightning
- 雷が鳴るかみなりがなるto thunder
- 雷さまかみなりさまthunder; god of thunder
Other readings
- 仕掛地雷しかけじらいbooby trap
- 地震雷火事親父じしんかみなりかじおやじthings to fear: earthquakes, thunder, fires and, most of all, fathers
- 樺太雷鳥からふとらいちょうwillow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus); red grouse
- 疾風迅雷しっぷうじんらいwith lightning speed
- 蝦夷雷鳥えぞらいちょうhazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia)
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Kanji that often appear with 雷
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