Meaning of 落雷(らくらい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 落雷

Kana Reading らくらい

Romaji rakurai

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

Meaning

thunderbolt; bolt of lightning

Examples of 落雷, らくらい in a sentence

野原の大木に落雷があった。

A big tree in the field was struck by lightning.

Related Kanji

雷 JLPT 1

13 strokes

thunder, lightning bolt

On'Yomi: ライ

Kun'Yomi: かみなり, いかずち, いかづち

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落 JLPT 3

12 strokes

fall, drop, come down

On'Yomi: ラク

Kun'Yomi: お.ちる, お.ち, お.とす

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