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いなびかり
稲光
かみなり
おと
せんこう
先行
する

The flash of lightning precedes the sound of thunder.
Grammar and points of interest
Words
3
noun
(flash of) lightning
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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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0
noun, noun (suffix)
1. sound; noise; report
2. note  (music term)
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preceding; going first; leading; going ahead; taking priority
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Kanji
トウ   いね rice plant   いな-    
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キュウ    former, old   
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stick   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
つめ claw; fingernail   
grain
コウ   ひかり light, sunshine   ひか to shine, twinkle   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
one pair of legs
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
legs
ライ   かみなり thunder   
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フ   あめ rain   
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デン   た rice field   
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
セン   さき ahead   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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step
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
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