鉄砲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鉄	砲
てつ > てっ Grade: 3	ほう > ぽう Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
鐵砲 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てっぽー [tèppóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [te̞p̚po̞ː]

Noun

鉄(てっ)砲(ぽう) • (teppō) 

1. gun
2. (sumo) teppo.
3. (Kansai, slang) pufferfish, 河豚(ふぐ) (fugu), punning on あたる (ataru, “poisoned; shot”), i.e., a pufferfish is something that can poison you, just as a gun is something that can shoot you.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 鉄砲魚(てっぽううお) (teppōuo)
• 鉄砲蝦(てっぽうえび) (teppōebi)
• 鉄砲水(てっぽうみず) (teppōmizu)
• 鉄砲百合(てっぽうゆり) (teppōyuri)