強ごう弓きゅう

noun

heavy-draw-weight bow; archer who uses a heavy bow

Refers to a bow that requires great strength to draw, or by extension, a person who wields such a bow. Used in historical, martial arts, or literary contexts.

• 彼かれは強ごう弓きゅうを引ひくことができる数かず少すくない弓きゅう術じゅつ家かの一人ひとりだ。

  He is one of the few archers who can draw a heavy bow.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だいには、強ごう弓きゅうを扱あつかえる武ぶ士しが重ちょう宝ほうされた。

  During the Warring States period, warriors who could handle heavy-draw-weight bows were highly valued.