迫はく撃げき砲ほう

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Common word

Meanings

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noun

mortar (weapon)

Refers to the military weapon that fires shells at high angles.

敵てきの迫はく撃げき砲ほうが基き地ちを攻こう撃げきした。
Enemy mortars attacked the base.

迫はく撃げき砲ほうの射しゃ程ていは数すうキロメートルだ。

The range of a mortar is several kilometers.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に迫はく撃げき砲ほうを撃うち込こむto fire a mortar round into a place
反はん乱らん軍ぐんは町まちに迫はく撃げき砲ほうを撃うち込こんだ。
The rebels fired mortar shells into the town.
迫はく撃げき砲ほうで〈場ば所しょ〉を攻こう撃げきするto attack a place with mortar fire
軍ぐんは迫はく撃げき砲ほうで敵てきの陣じん地ちを攻こう撃げきした。
The army attacked the enemy position with mortar fire.

Kanji

迫urge, force, imminent
撃beat, attack, defeat
砲cannon, gun

Related words

大たい砲ほうN1
大砲 is the general word for cannon or artillery firing at a flat trajectory, while 迫撃砲 specifically fires shells in a high arc over short-to-medium range.

Don't confuse with

モルタル
モルタル refers to construction mortar (the cement mixture), while 迫撃砲 is the military weapon that fires shells — learners confuse them because both translate as 'mortar' in English.

Counted with

門もんN5
gate; doorway · school (of thought); branch of learning · phylum; division (biology) · counter for cannons

Built from

迫はく撃げき+砲ほう

Etymology

Compound of 迫 (close in on, press) + 撃 (attack) + 砲 (cannon). The term describes a cannon that attacks by lobbing shells at close range or high angles.