Kanji1 / 10
砲 kanji
cannon, gun
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ホウ
Kun readings
NoneWords with 砲
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —バズーカ砲bazooka
- —キャノン砲cannon (esp. high-velocity artillery)
- —高射機関砲anti-aircraft gun
- —闇夜の鉄砲aimless attempt; shot in the dark; crapshoot
- —バルカン砲Vulcan cannon
- —電磁投射砲railgun; firearm that uses electromagnetism to propel a projectile
- —対航空機砲anti-aircraft gun
- —明治の大砲poor swing; hanging back during the swing; Meiji-era cannon
- —ロケット砲rocket launcher; rocket launching system
- —ガトリング砲Gatling gun
- —大艦巨砲主義big-ship, big-gun advocacy
- —カルバリン砲culverin
- —銃砲刀剣類所持等取締法Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons
- —鳩が豆鉄砲を食ったようlike a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)
- —下手な鉄砲も数撃てば当たるeven the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries; even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots
- —下手な鉄砲も数撃ちゃ当たるeven the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries; even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots
- —砲烟gunsmoke; smoke of cannon
- —砲列battery (of artillery, cameras, etc.); barrage
- —加農砲cannon (esp. high-velocity artillery)
- —鉄砲弾gunshot; bullet; lost messenger; truant messenger; non-returner; bull's-eye (candy)