水鉄砲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水 鉄 砲
みず
Grade: 1 		てつ > でっ
Grade: 3 		ほう > ぽう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
水鐵砲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 水(みず) (mizu, “water”) + 鉄砲(てっぽう) (teppō, “gun”). The tepp changes to depp as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʲizɨde̞p̚po̞ː]

Noun

水(みず)鉄(でっ)砲(ぽう) • (mizudeppō) 

  1. water gun

Usage notes

Not to be confused with 鉄(てっ)砲(ぽう)水(みず) (teppōmizu, “flash flood”).

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