Thunder
"Thunder" in Japanese
轟音
gōon
(deep, rumbling noise)
雷
kaminari
(sound caused by lightning)
雷音
raion
(sound caused by lightning)
雷鳴
raimei
(sound caused by lightning)
雷鳴
raimei
(sound resembling thunder)
怒鳴る
donaru
(to talk with a loud, threatening voice)
怒鳴る
donaru
(transitive: say something with a loud, threatening voice)
轟音を立てる
gōon o tateru
(to make a noise like thunder)
雷が鳴る
kaminari ga naru
(to make a noise like thunder)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.