鉄砲
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
| 鉄 | 砲 |
Noun
鉄砲 (hiragana てっぽう, romaji teppō)
- gun
- (Kansai, slang) pufferfish, 河豚 (ふぐ, fugu), punning on 当たる (あたる, ataru, “poisoned or shot”). I.e., a pufferfish is something that can poison you, just as a gun is something that can shoot you.