発砲

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

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