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単身銃 (たんしんじゅう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

単たん身しん銃じゅう

Meanings

1

noun

single-barreled gun

A firearm with a single barrel, as opposed to a double-barreled or multi-barreled gun. Technical term, not an everyday word.

彼かれは単たん身しん銃じゅうで狩かりに出でかけた。
He went hunting with a single-barreled gun.

Kanji

単simple, one, single
身somebody, person, one's station in life
銃gun, arms

Similar words

二に連れん銃じゅう
A double-barreled gun, contrasting with 単身銃's single barrel.

Etymology

Compound of 単身 (single body) and 銃 (gun), literally 'single-body gun'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a straightforward technical description.