砲弾

See also: 砲彈, 炮弹, and 炮彈

Japanese
砲弾 (hōdan): a stack of cannonballs or round shot.
砲弾 (hōdan): a selection of artillery shells used by Japanese battleships in WWII.
Kanji in this term
砲 弾
ほう
Grade: S		 だん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 炮彈 (MC pʰˠauH dɑnH, “cannon + shot, shell”).

Pronunciation

Noun

砲弾 (hiragana ほうだん, rōmaji hōdan, historical hiragana はうだん)

  1. (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
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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