轟く

とどろく

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to roar; to thunder; to boom; to rumble; to resound; to reverberate
2. to become well known; to become famous
3. to pound (of one's heart); to throb; to palpitate

Kanji

• 轟 roar; thunder; boom resound. Read as とどろく.

Example sentences

• 雷鳴がとどろいた。
  The thunder roared.
• ライオンは轟くようなうなり声を上げる。
  The lion gives a booming roar.
• ライオンはとどろくようなうなり声を上げる。
  The lion gives a booming roar.

Common phrases

• 名を轟かせる (なをとどろかせる) to make one's name well known
• 雷鳴が轟く

Related forms

• 轟かす (とどろかす) to make (a thundering sound) (transitive partner)

Words containing 轟く

• 轟き渡る (とどろきわたる) to resound far and wide

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