Word Meaning 火薬

かやく kayaku

火薬 is read as かやく (kayaku) and means gunpowder.

Meaning

English

gunpowder
powder

Reading

Kana

かやく

Romaji

kayaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 5776 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

火薬類取締法

かやくるいとりしまりほう

Explosives Control Act

火薬陰謀事件

かやくいんぼうじけん

Gunpowder Plot (of 1605)

下瀬火薬

しもせかやく

Shimose powder (explosive composed chiefly of picric acid)

混合火薬

こんごうかやく

explosive mixture

火種

ひだね

live coals (for firelighting)

火付け役

ひつけやく

instigator

火消し

ひけし

(Edo-period) fireman

火遊び

ひあそび

playing with fire

火力発電所

かりょくはつでんしょ

thermal power station (i.e. using combustion)

火山活動

かざんかつどう

volcanic activity

火田民

かでんみん

slash-and-burn farmer (in Korea)

火成活動

かせいかつどう

igneous activity

Example Sentences

火薬を発明した人が誰か、知ってる？

Do you know who invented gunpowder?

花火の弾ける音が止むと、急に辺りが静かになる。後に残った火薬の匂いが、なんだか俺をセンチメンタルな気分にさせた。

As the popping sound of the fireworks stopped, it suddenly became quiet around me. The smell of gunpowder somehow put me in a sentimental mood.