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銃身 (じゅうしん, juushin) Japanese meaning: gun barrel | Kotomora

銃じゅう身しん

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Meanings

1

Refers specifically to the metal tube of a firearm through which the bullet travels.

銃じゅう身しんが熱あつくなっている。
The gun barrel is hot.

Kanji

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

Related words

筒つつN1
銃身 is the precise modern term for a gun barrel, while 筒 in this sense sounds older or more descriptive.

Etymology

Compound of 銃 (jū, 'gun') and 身 (shin, 'body'), literally 'gun body'. The reading じゅうしん is the standard on'yomi combination.

ライフルの銃じゅう身しんを掃そう除じする。

I clean the rifle barrel.