Word details

地雷

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 地雷.

Dictionary

Entry

地雷らいNounFreq #13555
1

land mine

Examples
彼は地雷の上を運転して、彼のジープは爆裂した。
He drove over a land mine and his jeep blew up.
2

Colloquial

topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; taboo topic; trigger

3

Colloquial

something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap; pitfall

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

ground, earth

6 strokesFrequency 40JLPT N3Grade 2

On

Nanori

どま

thunder, lightning bolt

13 strokesFrequency 1,491JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ライ

Kun

かみなりいかずちいかづち

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