General term for a gun or firearm, from matchlock to modern rifles. Can also appear in compounds.
彼は鉄砲を撃ったことがある。
He has fired a gun before.
鉄砲の手入れは大切だ。
Maintenance of a firearm is important.
wooden pole for sumo practice
In sumo, a thick wooden pole that wrestlers strike with their hands to build power and technique.
力士は毎日鉄砲で稽古する。
Sumo wrestlers practice daily with the wooden pole.
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
鉄砲にあたったら命がない。
If you get hit by a puffer fish, you're done for.
The hunter fired his gun in the mountains.
Every morning the sumo wrestler strikes the pole to train his body.
The soldier leveled his gun and waited.
flash flood
peashooter
bamboo pop gun; bamboo toy gun
paper popgun; origami popgun
elbowing; elbow strike · rejection; rebuff; cold shoulder
gunmakers guild
longhorn beetle grub
snapping shrimp; pistol prawn
pelting rain; torrential rain; downpour
archerfish
salad of minced Welsh onions, seafood, and vinegared miso
Easter lily; Lilium longiflorum