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    3. 火薬

    火薬

    火か薬やく

    gunpowder

    KMT7News #15+1CoreNounScience & MathMilitaryKanji Vocab20 strokes

    かやく

    Noun

    1.
    gunpowder, powder

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    花はな火びには火か薬やくが使つかわれている。

    Gunpowder is used in fireworks.

    KMT5Culture & TraditionsScience & Math
    昔むかしの銃じゅうは火か薬やくで弾たまを発はっ射しゃした。

    Old guns fired bullets with gunpowder.

    KMT7MilitaryHistory
    兵へい器き庫こには大たい量りょうの火か薬やくが保ほ管かんされていた。

    A large amount of gunpowder was stored in the armory.

    KMT7Military
    火か薬やくの化か学がく反はんの応うは非ひ常じょうに速はやい。

    The chemical reaction of gunpowder is extremely fast.

    KMT7Science & Math
    火か薬やくの発はつ明めいは、戦せん争そうの歴れき史しを大おおきく変かえた。

    The invention of gunpowder greatly changed the history of warfare.

    KMT8MilitaryHistoryScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    火
    ひ・-び・ほ-…(1)
    fire
    薬
    くすり…(2)
    medicine・chemical・enamel・gunpowder・benefit
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