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火薬かやく (kayaku)

gunpowder

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Meaning

火薬 (かやく, kayaku) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “gunpowder”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 7

火薬かやくが爆発ばくはつして負傷ふしょう者しゃが出でた

Gunpowder exploded and some people were injured.

彼かれらは火薬かやくで橋はしを爆破ばくはした。

They blew up the bridge with gunpowder.

火薬庫の近くに住むのは物騒だ.

It is most uncomfortable [frightening] to live near a powder magazine.

火薬かやくは注意深ちゅういぶかく扱あつかわなければならない。

Gunpowder needs to be handled very carefully.

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