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青天の霹靂

晴天の霹靂、 青天のへきれき

Reading

Kana: せいてんのへきれき
Romaji: seitennohekireki
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Definition

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a bolt out of the blue

Kanji

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 あお、 あお-、 あお.い
Meanings: blue, green
Readings: テン、 あまつ、 あめ、 あま-
Meanings: heavens, sky, imperial
Readings: ヘキ、 ヒャク
Meaning: thunder
Reading: レキ
Meanings: violent, thunder, lightening
Readings: セイ、 は.れる、 は.れ、 は.れ-、 -ば.れ、 は.らす
Meaning: clear up

Example Sentences

(かれ)()()らせはまさに青天(せいてん)霹靂(へきれき)だった。
➥The news of his death reached as a bolt from the blue.
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彼女(かのじょ)突然(とつぜん)()んだという()らせが青天(せいてん)のへきれきのように(おとず)れた。
➥The news of her sudden death came like a bolt from the blue.
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彼女(かのじょ)()()らせはまさに青天(せいてん)霹靂(へきれき)だった。
➥The news of her death came as a bolt from the blue.
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