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    3. 鉄砲

    鉄砲

    鉄てっ砲ぽう

    gun

    N2KMT8News #22+1CoreNounSports & Martial ArtsMilitaryKanji Vocab23 strokes

    鉄炮

    てっぽう

    Noun

    1.
    gun, firearm
    2.
    wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice
    sumo
    3.
    puffer fish
    colloquial

    Stroke 0 / 23

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    昔むかし、侍さむらいは刀かたなと鉄てっ砲ぽうを使つかいました。

    In the past, samurai used swords and guns.

    KMT6HistoryMilitary
    彼かれは鉄てっ砲ぽうの扱あつかい方かたを学まなんだ。

    He learned how to handle a gun.

    KMT8MilitaryEducation
    兵へい士したちは鉄てっ砲ぽうを構かまえ、敵てきに備そなえた。

    The soldiers aimed their guns and prepared for the enemy.

    KMT8Military
    力りき士しは稽けい古こで鉄てっ砲ぽう柱ばしらに何なん度ども鉄てっ砲ぽうを打うつ。

    Sumo wrestlers repeatedly strike the teppo-bashira (practice pole) during training.

    KMT8Sports & Martial ArtsCulture & Traditions
    鉄てっ砲ぽうの伝でん来らいは日に本ほんの戦せん国ごく時じ代だいに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

    The introduction of firearms had a great impact on Japan's Sengoku period.

    KMT9HistoryMilitary

    Kanji that make up this word

    鉄
    くろがね…(3)
    iron
    砲
    cannon・gun
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