鉄砲

てっぽう

gun; firearm; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish

JLPT N2 Common word Also written 鉄炮

Meanings

Noun
gun; firearm
wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice
puffer fishColloquial

Example sentences

矢やでも鉄砲てっぽうでも持もってこい。

Let them all come.
警察けいさつは鉄砲てっぽうの指紋しもんとドアの指紋しもんとを見みくらべた。

The police compared the fingerprints on the gun with those on the door.
合衆国がっしゅうこくでは２億おく１６００万まん丁ちょうもの鉄砲てっぽう類るいが、民間みんかんの手てにあるという。

In the U.S., as many as 216 million firearms are said to be in private hands.
彼かれが鉄砲てっぽうを掃除そうじしていたら暴発ぼうはつし、もう少すこしで妻つまに当あたるところだった。

The gun went off while he was cleaning it, and the bullet almost struck his wife.