電光石火

でんこうせっか

Meanings

1. Noun, の-adjective flash; instant; lightning (speed)

Kanji

• 電 electric. Read as デン.
• 光 light. Read as コウ.
• 石 stone. Read as セキ.
• 火 fire. Read as カ.

Example sentences

• 電光石火の速さで走った。
  I ran like lightning.
• 彼はそれを電光石火の早さで仕上げた。
  He finished it as quick as lightning.

Word lists

• Yojijukugo (四字熟語)

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