Lightning (thunder) - Inazuma

Japanese: 稲妻(雷) - いなずま
Lightning (thunder) - Inazuma

…This type of discharge is called a spark discharge. A natural spark discharge is lightning, the light emitted is lightning, or lightning bolt, and the sound is thunder. This spark discharge is caused by the power generation action of convective clouds that produce rain, snow, hail, etc., and is extremely large in scale, with the length of the discharge path being 2 to 20 km (typically 5 km) and the neutralizing charge being 3 to 300 C (typically 25 C). …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "lightning (thunder)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この種の放電を火花放電,スパークとよぶ。自然が起こす火花放電が雷で,このとき放射される光が電光,稲妻,あるいは稲光lightningで,音が雷鳴thunderである。この火花放電は,雨,雪,ひょう等を降らせる対流雲の発電作用によって生じ,その規模はきわめて大きく,放電路の長さは2~20km(代表値5km)で,中和する電荷は3~300C(代表値25C)である。…

※「稲妻(雷)」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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