鉄てっ砲ぽう

noun

wooden pole for sumo practice

In sumo, a thick wooden pole that wrestlers strike with their hands to build power and technique.

• 力りき士しは毎まい日にち鉄てっ砲ぽうで稽けい古こする。

  Sumo wrestlers practice daily with the wooden pole.

noun

puffer fish

Colloquial term for puffer fish (fugu), from the idea that eating it can be as dangerous as being shot.

See also: フグ

• 鉄てっ砲ぽうにあたったら命いのちがない。

  If you get hit by a puffer fish, you're done for.