発砲

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
発 砲
はつ > はっ
Grade: 3 		ほう > ぽう
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
發砲 (kyūjitai)

Noun

発(はっ)砲(ぽう) • (happō) 

  1. firing of a gun

Verb

発(はっ)砲(ぽう)する • (happō suru) transitive suru (stem 発(はっ)砲(ぽう)し (happō shi), past 発(はっ)砲(ぽう)した (happō shita))

  1. fire a gun, shoot a gun, discharge a gun
    隊員(たいいん)が車両(しゃりょう)の車内(しゃない)に向(む)けて拳銃(けんじゅう)を発砲(はっぽう)した
    taiin ga sharyō no shanai ni mukete kenjū o happō shita
    the troops fired their handguns into the cars of the train

Conjugation

Conjugation of "発砲する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 発砲し はっぽうし happō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 発砲し はっぽうし happō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 発砲する はっぽうする happō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 発砲する はっぽうする happō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 発砲すれ はっぽうすれ happō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 発砲せよ¹
発砲しろ² 		はっぽうせよ¹
はっぽうしろ² 		happō seyo¹
happō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 発砲される はっぽうされる happō sareru
Causative 発砲させる
発砲さす 		はっぽうさせる
はっぽうさす 		happō saseru
happō sasu
Potential 発砲できる はっぽうできる happō dekiru
Volitional 発砲しよう はっぽうしよう happō shiyō
Negative 発砲しない はっぽうしない happō shinai
Negative continuative 発砲せず はっぽうせず happō sezu
Formal 発砲します はっぽうします happō shimasu
Perfective 発砲した はっぽうした happō shita
Conjunctive 発砲して はっぽうして happō shite
Hypothetical conditional 発砲すれば はっぽうすれば happō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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