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かみなり
雷
は、
あらし
嵐
が
ちか
近
づいている
ちょうこう
兆候
だ。
Thunder indicates that a storm is near.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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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あ ら し 1
noun
1. storm; tempest
2. difficulty; trouble
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ち か づ く 3 ち か づ く 0
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to approach; to draw near; to get close
2. to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
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ち ょ う こ う 0
sign; indication; omen; symptom
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Kanji
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   
嵐
あらし storm   
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風
フ   フウ   かぜ wind   かざ-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
虫
チュウ   むし insect   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丶
dot   
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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丨
stick   
table   
山
サン   やま mountain   
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近
キン   ちかい close   
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斤
キン   axe
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丅
カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだる to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
⺁
cliff
⻌
move
兆
チョウ   きざし sign, indication   きざす to show signs (of)   
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⺢
スイ   みず water   
儿
legs
候
コウ    climate   そうろう to be   
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侯
コウ    daimyo   
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ユ
katakana 'yu'
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
矢
シ   や arrow   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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