noun
Refers to a rifle firearm. The loanword is fully integrated into Japanese and used in the same contexts as the English term.
彼はライフルを肩に担いで山に入った。
He went into the mountains with a rifle on his shoulder.
散弾銃 is a 'shotgun', which fires multiple pellets, unlike a rifle that fires a single bullet.
Loanword from English 'rifle'.