I Love Kanji鉄砲 (teppou)
鉄砲 (てっぽう, teppou) is a Japanese noun meaning “gun; firearm”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- てっぽう
- Romaji
- teppou
- Word class
- Noun
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- gun; firearm · noun
- wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice · noun
- puffer fish · noun · colloquial
Example sentences
合衆国では２億１６００万丁もの鉄砲類が、民間の手にあるという。
In the U.S., as many as 216 million firearms are said to be in private hands.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Kanji in 鉄砲
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 鉄砲.
地下鉄ちかてつsubway鉄てつiron (Fe)鉄道てつどうrailroad私鉄してつprivate railway鉄橋てっきょうrailway bridge製鉄せいてつiron manufacture鉄鋼てっこうiron and steel鉄棒てつぼうiron rod
Source: JMdict entry 1438010 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.