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): [mʲizɨᵝde̞p̚po̞ː]

Noun

水(みず)鉄(でっ)砲(ぽう) • (mizudeppō)

water gun

Usage notes

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

Related terms

放(ほう)水(すい)銃(じゅう) (hōsui jū, “water cannon”)

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