雷が鳴ると、雨が降り始めた。

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雷 が 鳴る と 、 雨 が 降り始めた 。

English Translation

First it thundered, and then it started to rain.

Furigana

雷(かみなり)が鳴(な)ると、雨(あめ)が降(ふ)り始(はじ)めた。

Romanji

Kaminari ga naru to, ame ga furihajimeta.

Words

雷 (かみなり、いかずち、いかづち、らい)

lightning; thunder; thunderbolt; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

鳴る (なる)

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

雨 (あめ)

rain

下る (くだる)

to descend; to go down; to come down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to; to have the runs; to have diarrhea

Kanji

雷

Readings: ライ、 かみなり、 いかずち、 いかづち

Meanings: thunder, lightning bolt

鳴

Readings: メイ、 な.く、 な.る、 な.らす

Meanings: chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk

雨

Readings: ウ、 あめ、 あま-、 -さめ

Meaning: rain

降

Readings: コウ、 ゴ、 お.りる、 お.ろす、 ふ.る、 ふ.り、 くだ.る、 くだ.す

Meanings: descend, precipitate, fall, surrender

始

Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる

Meanings: commence, begin