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鉄砲 (てっぽう) — gun | JLPT N2 · Nihongo Circle

鉄砲

てっぽう

noun

Meanings

1gun
2firearm
3wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice
4puffer 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

Kanji in this word

鉄Iron13 strokes 砲Cannon, Gun10 strokes

More words with 鉄

鉄棒てつぼう · iron rodN1 鉄鋼てっこう · iron and steelN1 私鉄してつ · private railwayN2 非鉄金属ひてつきんぞく · non-ferrous metal 鉄てつ · ironN3

Full entry on Jisho

鉄道てつどう · railwayN3

鉄橋てっきょう · iron bridgeN2

製鉄せいてつ · iron manufactureN1

More words with 砲

主砲しゅほう · main battery 大砲たいほう · (large) gun 迫撃砲はくげきほう · mortar 発砲はっぽう · firing 砲ほう · gun 砲火ほうか · gunfire 砲撃ほうげき · bombarding 砲弾ほうだん · shell

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