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いなびかり
稲光
は
かみなり
雷
の
おと
音
に
せんこう
先行
する。
The flash of lightning precedes the sound of thunder.
Grammar and points of interest
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particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
稲光は雷の音に先行する。
Words
い な び か り 3
noun
(flash of) lightning
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か み な り 3 か み な り 4 か み な り 0
noun
1. lightning; thunder; thunderbolt
2. god of thunder; god of lightning  (this meaning is restricted to reading かみなり)
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お と 0
noun, noun (suffix)
1. sound; noise; report
2. note  (music term)
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せ ん こ う 0
preceding; going first; leading; going ahead; taking priority
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Kanji
稲
トウ   いね rice plant   いな-    
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旧
キュウ    former, old   
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丨
stick   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
⺤
つめ claw; fingernail   
禾
grain
光
コウ   ひかり light, sunshine   ひかる to shine, twinkle   
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小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
兀
one pair of legs
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
儿
legs
雷
ライ   かみなり thunder   
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⻗
フ   あめ rain   
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田
デン   た rice field   
音
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
先
セン   さき ahead   
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⺧
whereupon by the ground
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
行
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆく    いく to go   おこなう to take place   
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彳
step
丁
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
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