Meaning of 稲光(いなびかり) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 稲光 JLPT 1

Kana Reading いなびかり

Romaji inabikari

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

(flash of) lightning

Examples of 稲光, いなびかり in a sentence

雷鳴が聞こえるよりも先に稲光が見えるのは、光が音よりも早く伝わるからである。

It is because light travels faster than sound that we see lightning before we hear thunder.
稲光は雷の音に先行する。

The flash of lightning precedes the sound of thunder.
ゆうべは雷がなって稲光がした。

There was thunder and lightning last evening.
そのジェット機は稲光より速かった。

Those jets were faster than lightning.

Related Kanji

稲 JLPT 1

14 strokes

rice plant

On'Yomi: トウ, テ

Kun'Yomi: いね, いな-

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光 JLPT 4

6 strokes

ray, light

On'Yomi: コウ

Kun'Yomi: ひか.る, ひかり

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