Word Meaning 鳩が豆鉄砲を食ったよう

はとがまめでっぽうをくったよう hato ga mamedeppou o kuttayou

鳩が豆鉄砲を食ったよう is read as はとがまめでっぽうをくったよう (hato ga mamedeppou o kuttayou) and means like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock).

Meaning

English

like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)

Reading

Kana

はとがまめでっぽうをくったよう

Romaji

hato ga mamedeppou o kuttayou

Stroke Sequence

11 Characters • 69 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Proverb ✓ Rank 130997 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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豆鉄砲

まめでっぽう

peashooter

鉄砲

てっぽう

gun

鉄砲水

てっぽうみず

flash flood

水鉄砲

みずでっぽう

water pistol

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

下手な鉄砲も数撃ちゃ当たる

へたなてっぽうもかずうちゃあたる

even the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries

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

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)

鉄砲座

てっぽうざ

gunmakers guild