Word Meaning 硝煙

しょうえん shouen

硝煙 is read as しょうえん (shouen) and means gunpowder smoke.

Meaning

English

  1. gunpowder smoke

Reading

Kana

しょうえん

Romaji

shouen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 12757 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

硝煙反応

しょうえんはんおう

chemical reaction used to detect residue from gunshots

硝煙弾雨

しょうえんだんう

smoke of powder and hail of bullets

硝酸

しょうさん

nitric acid

噴煙

ふんえん

(eruption of) smoke

排煙

はいえん

smoke (dispersal)

けぶ

smoke

けむり

smoke

禁煙

きんえん

prohibition of smoking

喫煙

きつえん

smoking (tobacco)

黒煙

こくえん

black smoke

発煙

はつえん

emitting smoke

土煙

つちけむり

cloud of dust

Example Sentences

1

しょうえんがかぜにながされていった。

the gunpowder smoke was carried away by the wind.