Meaning

Primary

Thunderstorm

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A thunder rain is a rain that's coming with thunder. For all intents and purposes, if you see this, you'll think thunderstorm.

Reading

らいう
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is the on'yomi readings. For , you learned it with 雨天. So you should be able to put them together!

Context

Context Sentences

今朝の強烈な雷雨で停電になったので、今はインターネットが使えません。

The severe thunderstorm this morning caused a power outage, so I can’t use the internet right now.

Kanji Composition