稲妻・電|いなずまinazuma

1. nounlightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
   彼女かのじょは稲妻いなずまの閃光せんこうを見みて悲鳴ひめいをあげた。↗

   She screamed at the flash of lightning.

• Synonym電光でんこうWrittenWritten word for lightning that also covers electric light and can figure extreme speed, as in 「電光石火」; 「稲妻」 is the everyday native word.
• Synonym雷かみなりNeutralCovers thunder and lightning as a phenomenon, stressing the rumbling sound, and can mean a fit of anger, as in 「雷が落ちる」; 「稲妻」 is the flash alone.
• Synonym稲光いなびかりNeutralNative word for the flash of lightning; nearly synonymous with 「稲妻」 but stresses the flickering light, and the two are largely interchangeable.
• Synonym雷光らいこうWrittenWritten word for the flash of lightning, found mostly in literary description; in daily speech say 「稲妻」 or 「稲光」.
• Synonym雷火らいかWrittenMeans lightning but also fire started by a lightning strike; rare even in writing. For lightning in everyday speech, use 「稲妻」.
• SynonymライトニングNeutralLoanword for lightning, used mostly in names, game moves and the like; the everyday word is 「稲妻」.
• Related鳴神なるかみWrittenArchaic native word for thunder and thunderclaps, seen mainly in classical literature; the everyday word is 「雷」.
• Related迅雷じんらいWrittenViolent thunder, used chiefly in 「疾風迅雷」 as a figure for swiftness and force; 「稲妻」 refers to the flash of light.
• Related霹靂へきれきWrittenThunderbolt, used chiefly in 「青天の霹靂」 for a sudden, shocking turn of events; 「稲妻」 centers on the flash of light.
• Related雷公らいこうWrittenArchaic written word for thunder that can also mean the thunder god, with a personified feel; the everyday word is 「雷」.

For lightning in everyday speech, 「稲妻」 is the default, as in 「稲妻が走る」; 「稲光」 stresses the flash and is largely interchangeable. For thunder say 「雷」; in written prose use 「電光」 or 「雷光」, and a sudden upheaval is 「青天の霹靂」.

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1. 空そらで閃光せんこうや轟音ごうおんが引き起ひきおこされる気象きしょう。稲光いなびかり。