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    3. 砲台

    砲台

    砲ほう台だい

    (gun) battery

    KMT10News #47+1NounMilitaryKanji Vocab15 strokes

    ほうだい

    Noun

    1.
    (gun) battery, fort

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    昔むかし、この丘おかには砲ほう台だいがあった。

    In the past, there was a gun battery on this hill.

    KMT7MilitaryHistory
    今いまでは砲ほう台だい跡あとが観かん光こうスポットになっている。

    Nowadays, the ruins of the gun battery have become a tourist spot.

    KMT9MilitaryTravel & TransportationHistory
    敵てきの砲ほう台だいを沈ちん黙もくさせるのが、最さい初しょの任にん務むだった。

    Silencing the enemy's gun battery was the first mission.

    KMT10MilitaryHistory
    その島しまは、かつて強きょう固こな砲ほう台だいによって守まもられていた。

    That island was once protected by strong gun batteries.

    KMT10MilitaryHistory
    幕ばく末まつには、外がい国こく船せんに備そなえて各かく地ちに砲ほう台だいが築きずかれた。

    In the late Edo period, gun batteries were built in various places in preparation for foreign ships.

    KMT10MilitaryHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    砲
    cannon・gun
    台
    うてな・われ・つかさ…(2)
    pedestal・a stand・counter for machines and vehicles
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