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    3. 号砲

    号砲

    号ごう砲ほう

    signal gun

    KMT10News #47+1NounSports & Martial ArtsKanji Vocab15 strokes

    ごうほう

    Noun

    1.
    signal gun, starting gun

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    号ごう砲ほうが鳴なり、レースが始はじまった。

    The starting gun fired, and the race began.

    KMT10Sports & Martial Arts
    マラソン大たい会かいの開かい始しを告つげる号ごう砲ほうが空そらに響ひびいた。

    The signal gun announcing the start of the marathon echoed in the sky.

    KMT10Sports & Martial Arts
    号ごう砲ほう一いっ発ぱつ、選せん手しゅたちは一いっ斉せいにスタートラインを飛とび出だした。

    With a single shot of the starting gun, the athletes all dashed from the starting line.

    KMT10Sports & Martial Arts
    オリンピックの開かい会かい式しきで、号ごう砲ほうが盛せい大だいに鳴 らされた。

    At the opening ceremony of the Olympics, the signal gun was fired grandly.

    KMT10Sports & Martial ArtsCulture & Traditions
    新あたらしい事じ業ぎょうの開かい始しは、まさに号ごう砲ほうが鳴ならされた瞬しゅん間かんだった。

    The launch of the new business was precisely the moment the starting gun was fired.

    KMT10Business & FinanceDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    号
    さけ.ぶ・よびな…(1)
    nickname・number・item・title・pseudonym…(2)
    砲
    cannon・gun
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