Meaning
鉄砲 (てっぽう, teppou) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “gun”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
鉄砲は16世紀に日本に伝わりました
Guns spread to Japan in the 16th century.
どんと鉄砲が鳴った.
Bang! went the gun.
ずどんと鉄砲が鳴った.
Bang! went the gun.
矢でも鉄砲でも持ってこい。
Let them all come.
彼は鉄砲玉のように飛び出した。
He dashed out like a bullet.
警察は鉄砲の指紋とドアの指紋とを見くらべた。
The police compared the fingerprints on the gun with those on the door.
御目見以下の鉄砲方与力、鉄砲方同心、鉄砲磨同心がいた。
It had teppogata yoriki, teppogata doshin, teppomigaki doshin who were lower than omemi.
実際左翼では山県が、右翼では土屋が鉄砲により討死している。
Yamagata was shot down in the left wing and so was Tsuchiya in the right.
だが城兵も鉄砲によって防戦し、寄手の損害も大きく撤退した。
But the castle soldiers also fought with guns and the besiegers were greatly damaged and withdrew.
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.
彼が鉄砲を掃除していたら暴発し、もう少しで妻に当たるところだった。
The gun went off while he was cleaning it, and the bullet almost struck his wife.
突然の昇進の発表で、彼、鳩が豆鉄砲を食らったような顔をしていたよ。
He looked blank when he heard the announcement of his promotion.