"稲妻" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ina̠zɨma̠], [ina̠zɨma̠] Forms: 稲妻 [canonical] (ruby: 稲妻(いなずま)), 稲妻 [canonical] (ruby: (いな), (づま)), inazuma [romanization], inaduma [romanization], いなづま [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Compound of 稲 (ina, “rice plant”, ancient bound-form reading of modern ine) + 妻 (tsuma, “wife, spouse”) or 夫 (tsuma, “husband, spouse”). The tsuma changes to dzuma/zuma as an instance of rendaku (連濁). A belief in ancient times was that rice plants would mate with or otherwise be fertilized by lightning, a frequent occurrence in the late summer and autumn when rice plants come to fruition. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|稲|妻|pos1=ancient bound-form reading of modern ine|t1=rice plant|t2=wife, spouse|tr1=ina|tr2=tsuma}} 稲 (ina, “rice plant”, ancient bound-form reading of modern ine) + 妻 (tsuma, “wife, spouse”), {{sortkey|ja|稲妻}} いなすま', {{rendaku2|tsuma|dzuma/zuma}} The tsuma changes to dzuma/zuma as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|いなずま|いなづま|hist=いなづま}} 稲妻(いなずま) or 稲(いな)妻(づま) • (inazuma) ^(←いなづま (inaduma)?)
  1. lightning, a lightning bolt Wikipedia link: Daijisen#Online_search_engines, Lightning, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, ja:稲妻 Synonyms: 落雷 (rakurai) (ruby: 落雷(らくらい)), (kaminari) (ruby: (かみなり)), 雷電 (raiden) (ruby: 雷電(らいでん)), 稲光 (inabikari) (ruby: 稲光(いなびかり))
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