Word Meaning 鉄砲水

てっぽうみず teppoumizu

鉄砲水 is read as てっぽうみず (teppoumizu) and means flash flood.

Meaning

English

  1. flash flood

Reading

Kana

てっぽうみず

Romaji

teppoumizu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 21487 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

水鉄砲

みずでっぽう

water pistol

鉄砲

てっぽう

gun

鉄砲百合

てっぽうゆり

Easter lily (Lilium longiflorum)

鉄砲和え

てっぽうあえ

salad of minced Welsh onions, seafood, and vinegared miso

鉄砲座

てっぽうざ

gunmakers guild

鉄砲責め

てっぽうぜめ

form of torture in which molten lead is poured over the victim's back

鉄砲玉

てっぽうだま

bull's-eye (candy)

鉄砲魚

てっぽううお

archerfish (any fish of family Toxotidae, esp. the banded archerfish, Toxotes jaculatrix)

鉄砲風呂

てっぽうぶろ

bath with a metal pipe

鉄砲虫

てっぽうむし

longhorn beetle grub

鉄砲蝦

てっぽうえび

snapping shrimp (Alpheus brevicristatus)

下手な鉄砲も数撃てば当たる

へたなてっぽうもかずうてばあたる

even the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries