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    3. 青天の霹靂

    青天の霹靂

    青せい天てんの​霹へき靂れき

    a bolt out of the blue

    NTNounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab58 strokes

    晴天の霹靂青天のへきれき晴天のへきれき

    せいてんのへきれき

    Noun

    1.
    a bolt out of the blue
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    青
    あお・あお-・あお.い…(3)
    blue・green
    Kanji
    天
    あまつ・あめ・あま-…(7)
    heavens・sky・imperial
    Kanji
    霹
    thunder
    Kanji
    靂
    violent・thunder・lightening
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
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