鉄砲
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 鉄 | 砲 |
| てつ > てっ Grade: 3 |
ほう > ぽう Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 鐵砲 (kyūjitai) |
Noun
- gun
- (sumo) teppo, wooden pillar used in the teppo-oshi exercise
- (Kansai, slang) pufferfish, 河豚 (fugu), punning on 当たる (ataru, “poisoned or shot”). I.e., a pufferfish is something that can poison you, just as a gun is something that can shoot you.
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- Japanese terms spelled with 鉄 read as てつ
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