てっぽう
Meanings
Noun
1. gun
2. wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice
3. puffer fish
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
rash; reckless
flash flood
archerfish (any fish of family Toxotidae, esp. the banded archerfish, Toxotes jaculatrix)
elbowing (someone); rejection; rebuff
snapping shrimp (Alpheus brevicristatus); pistol prawn
Easter lily (Lilium longiflorum)
longhorn beetle grub
aimless attempt; shot in the dark
shortawn foxtail (Alopecurus aequalis)
gunmakers guild
strong push with only one hand
pushing against the wooden pole in practice
aimless attempt; shot in the dark; crapshot
salad of minced Welsh onions, seafood, and vinegared miso
doing something without having decided what one's goal for it is; (lit.) a rifle in the dark
Examples (2 in total)
The police compared the fingerprints on the gun with those on the door.
In the U.S., as many as 216 million firearms are said to be in private hands.