Word Meaning 闇に鉄砲

やみにてっぽう yami ni teppou

闇に鉄砲 is read as やみにてっぽう (yami ni teppou) and means doing something without having decided what one's goal for it is.

Meaning

English

  1. doing something without having decided what one's goal for it is
  2. a rifle in the dark

Reading

Kana

やみにてっぽう

Romaji

yami ni teppou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 43 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Proverb Rank 135824 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

闇夜に鉄砲

やみよにてっぽう

aimless attempt

闇夜の鉄砲

やみよのてっぽう

aimless attempt

鉄砲

てっぽう

gun

水鉄砲

みずでっぽう

water pistol

無鉄砲

むてっぽう

rash

紙鉄砲

かみでっぽう

popgun

竹鉄砲

たけでっぽう

bamboo gun (toy)

剣付き鉄砲

けんつきでっぽう

fixed bayonet

豆鉄砲

まめでっぽう

peashooter

肘鉄砲

ひじでっぽう

elbowing (someone)

雀の鉄砲

すずめのてっぽう

shortawn foxtail (Alopecurus aequalis)

鉄砲水

てっぽうみず

flash flood