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かみなり
おと
いなびかり
稲光
よりも
おく
れて
こえる

The sound of thunder comes after the flash of lightning.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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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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noun, noun (suffix)
1. sound; noise; report
2. note  (music term)
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noun
(flash of) lightning
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expression
1. in comparison to  (see also: より; emphatic form of より)
2. rather than
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Most common form: 後れる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue  (see also: 遅刻)
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be heard; to be audible
2. to be said to be; to be reputed
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Kanji
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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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
トウ   いね rice plant   いな-    
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キュウ    former, old   
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stick   
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
チ   おそ late   おくれる to be late   おくらす to make late   
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ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
corpse
move
ブン   モン   き to listen, to hear   きこえる to be heard   
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ジ   みみ ear   
モン   かど gate   
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