百ひゃく雷らい

noun

hundred thunderclaps; many thunderclaps

Literally 'a hundred thunderclaps'; used figuratively to describe a great number of thunderclaps or a very loud, thunderous noise. Often appears in set phrases like 百雷の如く (like a hundred thunderclaps).

• 百ひゃく雷らいの如ごとき拍はく手しゅが会かい場じょうを包つつんだ。

  Thunderous applause, like a hundred thunderclaps, filled the hall.

• 百ひゃく雷らいが一いっ斉せいに落おちたような轟ごう音おんだった。

  It was a roar as if a hundred thunderclaps had struck at once.