Quotes
Japanese meaning of 雷の呼吸 壱ノ型 霹靂一閃
— Zenitsu Agatsuma ／ Demon Slayer
Voice sample:
かみなりのこきゅう いちのかた へきれきいっせん (Kaminari no kokyū, ichi no kata: Hekireki issen.)
English Translation:
Thunder Breathing, First Form: Thunderclap and Flash.
Original Scene & Cultural Context
Scene in the Original Work:
In the Drum House, the cowardly Zenitsu and a young boy, Shoichi, are cornered by a demon with a long tongue, and Zenitsu faints from fear. Still asleep, with his eyes closed, he takes his stance, says this, and cuts off the demon's head in a flash. When he wakes up, he does not remember doing it.
日本語で読む
鼓屋敷編。臆病な善逸は、少年・正一と一緒に、長い舌を持つ鬼に追いつめられ、恐怖で気を失う。眠ったまま目を閉じて構えた善逸はこの技名を口にし、一瞬で鬼の首を斬る。目を覚ました善逸は、自分が倒したことを覚えていない。
Cultural Context:
Under his master Jigoro Kuwajima, Zenitsu could learn only the First Form of Thunder Breathing, so he polished it to the limit. He later develops it into versions such as Sixfold, Eightfold and Godspeed. Saying the breathing style, the form number and the name in a row is the standard way techniques are named in Demon Slayer, and fans may imitate it in play.
日本語で読む
善逸は育手の桑島慈悟郎のもとで、雷の呼吸のうち壱ノ型しか習得できず、それを極限まで磨いた。のちに「六連」「八連」「神速」へと進化させていく。「〇の呼吸 〇ノ型 技名」と続けて言うのが鬼滅の刃の技の定番の形で、ごっこ遊びなどでまねすることもある。
Grammar & Learning Points
Grammar Point
•「雷の呼吸」= Thunder Breathing (呼吸 = breathing). •「壱ノ型」= First Form (壱 = formal kanji for 一). •「霹靂」= a sudden, violent thunderclap. •「一閃」= a single flash (of a blade).
日本語で読む
•「雷の呼吸」は雷の名を持つ呼吸法。•「壱ノ型」は一番目の型（「壱」は「一」の改まった字）。•「霹靂」は急に激しく鳴る雷。•「一閃」は刀などが一瞬ひらめくこと。
Trap for English Speakers
壱 is the formal kanji for 一, used on banknotes and in contracts so the number can't be changed. 霹靂 also lives on in the idiom 青天の霹靂 (a bolt from the blue).
日本語で読む
「壱」は「一」の改まった字で、お札や契約書で書き換えを防ぐために使われる。「霹靂」は「青天の霹靂」（突然の大事件）という慣用句でも使う。
Example
Example 1Basic Example
社長の突然の辞任は、まさに青天の霹靂だった。
The president's sudden resignation was truly a bolt from the blue.
Example 2Applied Example
（寝ぼけたまま目覚まし時計を止めて）眠りの呼吸 壱ノ型 二度寝。
(Turning off the alarm clock while half asleep) "Sleep Breathing, First Form: Back to Sleep."
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