ドンパチ

adverb

bang bang; sound of gunfire

Onomatopoeic adverb mimicking the sound of pistol shots or small explosions.

• 西せい部ぶ劇げきでドンパチと銃じゅう声せいが響ひびいた。

  In the western, gunshots rang out with a bang bang.

noun

shootout; gunfight; conflict

Colloquial noun for an exchange of gunfire, or metaphorically any heated conflict or war.

• あのギャング映えい画がはドンパチが多おおくて面おも白しろい。

  That gangster movie has a lot of shootouts and is exciting.

• 会かい議ぎで部ぶ長ちょうたちがドンパチを始はじめた。

  The department heads started a verbal shootout at the meeting.