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人工雷 (じんこうらい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

人じん工こう雷らい

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Meanings

1

artificial lightning

Technical term for lightning produced artificially, e.g., in laboratories or special effects.

研けん究きゅう所じょでは人じん工こう雷らいを発はっ生せいさせる実じっ験けんが行おこなわ

れ

て

いる

。

Experiments to generate artificial lightning are being conducted at the research institute.

Kanji

人person
工craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
雷thunder, lightning bolt

Built from

人じん工こう+雷らい

Etymology

Compound of 人工 (じんこう, 'artificial') and 雷 (らい, 'lightning').