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Japanese
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| 鐵砲 (kyūjitai)
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Pronunciation
Noun
鉄砲 • (teppō)
- gun
- (sumo) teppo.
- (Kansai, slang) pufferfish, 河豚 (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.
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