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らいめい
雷鳴
こえる
よりも
さき
いなびかり
稲光
える
ひかり
おと
よりも
はや
からである
We see lightning before we hear thunder because light travels faster than sound.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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noun
thunder
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0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be heard; to be audible
2. to be said to be; to be reputed
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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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adverb, noun
before; earlier than; first; ahead; beyond; away; previously; recently
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3
noun
(flash of) lightning
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight
2. to look; to seem; to appear
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3
noun
light
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0
noun, noun (suffix)
1. sound; noise; report
2. note  (music term)
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2
Most common form: 早い
1. fast; quick; hasty; brisk  (esp. 速い, 疾い, 捷い)
2. early (in the day, etc.); premature  (esp. 早い)
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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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   
メイ   な to chirp, to twitter   な to sound, to ring   ならす to make ring   
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チョウ   とり bird   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
reach
fire
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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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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セン   さき ahead   
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whereupon by the ground
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
legs
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   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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   
ソク   はや fast   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   すみやか speedy   
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ソク   たば bundle   たばねる to tie in a bundle   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
move
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