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雷が落ちる
かみなりがおちる
1. [exp,v1]
▶ to be struck by lightning
2. [exp,v1] [id]
▶ to be yelled at (by someone of higher status)
▶ to be scolded harshly

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2017-11-25 07:15:42  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>
4. A 2015-01-13 07:54:02  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
yup
  Diff:
@@ -10,0 +11 @@
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
3. A* 2015-01-08 14:25:45 
  Refs:
The entry "落ちる"
  Comments:
Should probably be v1 and not v5r
  Diff:
@@ -11 +11 @@
-<pos>&v5r;</pos>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
@@ -16 +16 @@
-<pos>&v5r;</pos>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
2. A 2013-03-05 22:54:11  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Daijr, Eijiro
  Diff:
@@ -18,0 +18,1 @@
+<gloss>to be scolded harshly</gloss>
1. A* 2013-03-03 01:20:34  winnie <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/雷が落ちる  
http://kotobank.jp/word/雷が落ちる
  Comments:
I ran across this in the more figurative sense #2.  The definition at the kotobank reference link -- 目上の人に大声でどなられてしかられる -- perfectly fits the context in which I found it.  But most of the definitions I found were for being struck by lightning.

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