鉄槌

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See also: 鐵鎚 and 鐵錘

Japanese

Kanji in this term
てつ > てっ
Grade: 3
つい
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
鐵槌 (kyūjitai)
鉄鎚
鉄つい

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

(てっ)(つい) (tettsui

  1. iron hammer
  2. (figuratively) crushing blow
    • 2013, Korean Central News Agency, “Traitor Jang Song Thaek Executed”
      (はん)(けつ)(ぶん)(いっ)(せつ)(いっ)(せつ)は、(はん)党・反(とう・はん)(かく)(めい)(ぶん)()(ぶん)()であり、(きょう)(あく)(せい)()(てき)()(しん)()(いん)(ぼう)()である(チャン)(ソン)(テク)()(じょう)(くだ)された(ぞう)()(ふん)(げき)()ちたわが(ぐん)(たい)(じん)(みん)のしゅん(げん)(てっ)(つい)(どう)(よう)であった。
      Hanketsubun no issetsu-issetsu wa, hantō hankakumei bunpa bunshi de ari, kyōaku na seijiteki yashinka, inbōka de aru Chan Son-teku no zujō ni kudasareta zōo to fungeki ni michita waga guntai to jinmin no shungen na tettsui dōyō de atta.
      Every sentence of the decision served as sledge-hammer blow brought down by our angry service personnel and people on the head of Jang, an anti-party, counter-revolutionary factional element and despicable political careerist and trickster.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
かな
Grade: 3
つち > づち
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
鐵槌 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 鉄槌 – see the following entry.
金槌かなづち
a hammer with at least a metal head, or possibly made entirely of metal
(figurative) someone who cannot swim at all (as a metal hammer sinks quickly in water)
Alternative spelling
鉄鎚
(This term, 鉄槌, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN