鐵砲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鐵 砲
てつ > てっ
Hyōgai 		ほう > ぽう
Grade: S
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 鐵砲 – see the following entry.
【鉄砲てっぽう】
[noun] gun
[noun] (sumo) teppo.
[noun] (Kansai, slang) pufferfish, 河豚(ふぐ) (fugu), punning on あたる (ataru, “poisoned; shot”), i.e., a pufferfish is something that can poison you, just as a gun is something that can shoot you.
(This term, 鐵砲, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
鐵砲

Noun

鐵砲 • (cheolpo) (hangeul 철포)

  1. hanja form? of 철포
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