鉄砲 (てっぽう) - N2 vocabulary
gun
Return to vocabulary list- あいつは無鉄砲な男だ。 He is a daredevil.
- 闇夜に鉄砲じゃあるまいし、そんな場当たり的なやり方でうまくいくとは思えないよ。 That's just a shot in the dark. How do you think you'll succeed by just acting on the spur of the moment like that?
- 警察は鉄砲の指紋とドアの指紋とを見くらべた。 The police compared the fingerprints on the gun with those on the door.
- 合衆国では2億1600万丁もの鉄砲類が、民間の手にあるという。 In the U.S., as many as 216 million firearms are said to be in private hands.
- 鉄砲玉に当たるも当たらぬもみな運命だ。 Every bullet has its billet. [Proverb]
- 突然の昇進の発表で、彼、鳩が豆鉄砲を食らったような顔をしていたよ。 He looked blank when he heard the announcement of his promotion.
- 彼が鉄砲を掃除していたら暴発し、もう少しで妻に当たるところだった。 The gun went off while he was cleaning it, and the bullet almost struck his wife.
- 彼は鉄砲玉のように飛び出した。 He dashed out like a bullet.
- 矢でも鉄砲でも持ってこい。 Let them all come.
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