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I've read that ピカドン (onomatopoeia for a flash and for a loud bang) is used for
atomic bombs, but is it, or was it prior to Hiroshima, used to describe the
flash of lightning and the sound of thunder?
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onomatopoeia
Is or was ピカドン used for lightning and thunder?
Both ピカピカ and ドン/ドーン were (and still are) fairly common and generic
onomatopoeias. ピカピカ existed before WWII (confirmed on 青空文庫).

If I understand correctly, their combination, ピカドン, [specifically referred to
atomic
bombs](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%82%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3). It
originated from onomatopoeias, but ピカドン itself is a noun.
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