鉄砲 (Teppou) is a Japanese noun meaning “gun, firearm, wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice, puffer fish”.
Meanings
- noungun; firearm
- nounwooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice
- nounpuffer fish
Examples
矢でも鉄砲でも持ってこい。
Let them all come.
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.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).