鉄砲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鉄 砲
てつ > てっ
Grade: 3 		ほう > ぽう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
鐵砲 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) てっぽー [tèppóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [te̞p̚po̞ː]

Noun

鉄(てっ)砲(ぽう) • (teppō) 

  1. gun
  2. (sumo) teppo.
  3. (Kansai, slang) pufferfish, 河豚(ふぐ) (fugu), punning on あたる (ataru, “poisoned; shot”), i.e., a pufferfish is something that can poison you, just as a gun is something that can shoot you.

Derived terms

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