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rakurai

a word from vocabulary Japanese by Christopher K. Schmidt

Word form	rakurai
Original script	落雷
LWT meaning(s)	the bolt of lightning
Analyzability	analyzable compound
Gloss	raku-rai fall-thunder
Age	Early Modern Japanese [21] (1604–1867)
Lexical stratum	kango
Year	1860
Comparison with Mandarin	different term
Register	General

Loanword Information

Borrowed status	1. clearly borrowed
Source words	luòléi 'thunderbolt' Chinese
Effect	Coexistence
Salience	Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation	Sinicization [21]