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There are 10 total results for your thunder and lightning search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

see styles
léi
    lei2
lei
 kaminari(p); ikazuchi; ikazuchi(ok); rai
    かみなり(P); いかずち; いかづち(ok); らい

More info & calligraphy:

Thunder
thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
(1) lightning; thunder; thunderbolt; (2) (かみなり only) god of thunder; god of lightning; (3) (かみなり only) anger; fit of anger; (surname, female given name) Rai
garjita, thunder, thundering.

法雷

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fǎ léi
    fa3 lei2
fa lei
 hōrai
The thunder of dharma, awakening man from stupor and stimulating the growth of virtue, the awful voice of Buddha-truth. 法電 The lightning of the Truth.

雷電


雷电

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léi diàn
    lei2 dian4
lei tien
 raiden
    らいでん
thunder and lightning
thunder and lightning; (g,p) Raiden

伐折羅


伐折罗

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fá zhé luó
    fa2 zhe2 luo2
fa che lo
 basara
vajra. 伐闍羅; 縛日羅 (or 嚩日羅 or 跋日羅) (or 跋日囉); 嚩馹囉; 跋折羅 (or 跋闍羅); 跋折多; 波闍羅 (or 髮闍羅), tr. by 金剛 (金剛杵) Diamond club; the thunderbolt, svastika; recently defined by Western scholars as a sun symbol. It is one of the saptaratna, seven precious things; the sceptre of Indra as god of thunder and lightning, with which he slays the enemies of Buddhism; the sceptre of the exorcist; the symbol of the all conquering power of Buddha.

縛日羅


缚日罗

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fú rì luó
    fu2 ri4 luo2
fu jih lo
 bajira
vajra, 嚩日囉 (or 嚩馹囉); 跋日囉 (or 跋折囉, or 跋闍囉); 跋折囉; 波闍羅; 伐折羅 (or 伐闍羅); intp. as 金剛 (金剛杵), a diamond (club). Adamantine, hard. The sceptre of Indra as god of thunder and lightning with which he slays the enemies of Buddhism. Used by monks to indicate spiritual authority, and the all-subduing power of Buddha.

雷電計


雷电计

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léi diàn jì
    lei2 dian4 ji4
lei tien chi
brontometer; apparatus to measure thunder and lightning

列缺霹靂


列缺霹雳

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liè quē pī lì
    lie4 que1 pi1 li4
lieh ch`üeh p`i li
    lieh chüeh pi li
lightning and thunder

雷電計圖


雷电计图

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léi diàn jì tú
    lei2 dian4 ji4 tu2
lei tien chi t`u
    lei tien chi tu
brontograph; record of thunder and lightning

Variations:
水雷
水神鳴り
水神鳴(io)

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 mizugaminari; mizukaminari
    みずがみなり; みずかみなり
(1) thunder accompanied by rain; (2) (See 日雷・ひがみなり・2) lightning that does not start a fire

Variations:
日雷
火雷
火神鳴り
火神鳴(io)

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 higaminari; hikaminari
    ひがみなり; ひかみなり
(1) (esp. 日雷) thunder on a clear day; (2) (esp. 火雷, 火神鳴り) (See 水雷・みずがみなり・2) lightning that starts a fire

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 10 results for "thunder and lightning" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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