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鉄砲
てっぽう
N2
noun
Meanings
1
gun
2
firearm
3
wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice
4
puffer fish
Example sentence
警察は鉄砲の指紋とドアの指紋とを見くらべた。
The police compared the fingerprints on the gun with those on the door.
Your sentences
Mine a sentence — saw 鉄砲 in the wild?
Kanji in this word
鉄
Iron
13 strokes
砲
Cannon, Gun
10 strokes
More words with
鉄
鉄道
てつどう ·
railway
N3
鉄
てつ ·
iron
N3
国鉄
こくてつ ·
national railway
地下鉄
ちかてつ ·
underground train
N5
鉄鋼
てっこう ·
iron and steel
N1
Full entry on Jisho
私鉄
してつ ·
private railway
N2
鉄骨
てっこつ ·
steel frame
鉄筋
てっきん ·
rebar
More words with
砲
発砲
はっぽう ·
firing
大砲
たいほう ·
(large) gun
砲撃
ほうげき ·
bombarding
砲
ほう ·
gun
砲弾
ほうだん ·
shell
主砲
しゅほう ·
main battery
空砲
くうほう ·
empty gun
砲火
ほうか ·
gunfire
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