Keyword
cannon
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig571
Readings
ほう
(78%)
ぽう
(21%)
Composed of
stone
wrap
Used in vocabulary (133 in total)
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
firing; discharge of gun
Examples (8 in total)
They heard a gun go off in the distance.
We fired guns at the enemy.
In the U.S., as many as 216 million firearms are said to be in private hands.
The police compared the fingerprints on the gun with those on the door.
The soldiers were exposed to the enemy's fire.
They were exposed to the enemy's gunfire.
The enemy answered our fire.
I aimed at the tiger and fired, but missed him.