砲弾

See also: 砲彈, 炮弹, and 炮彈

Japanese

Kanji in this term
砲	弾
ほう Grade: S	だん Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
砲彈 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 炮彈 (MC phaewH danH, “cannon + shot, shell”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほーだん [hòódáń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ːdã̠ɴ]

Noun

砲(ほう)弾(だん) • (hōdan) ^{←はうだん (faudan)^?}

(weaponry) a cannon shell:
1. a cannonball, a round shot
  - 1999 March 27, “タイホーン [Canhorn]”, in Vol.2, Konami:
    
    口(くち)から砲(ほう)弾(だん)を撃(う)ちだし遠(とお)くを攻(こう)撃(げき)。山(やま)での砲(ほう)撃(げき)は強(つよ)い。
    Kuchi kara hōdan o uchidashi tōku o kōgeki. Yama de no hōgeki wa tsuyoi.
    It attacks from far away by shooting cannonballs out its mouth. It is very effective to deploy on mountains.
2. an artillery shell

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN