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砲
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Idiomatic expression
doing something without having decided what one's goal for it is; a rifle in the dark
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Military
long-distance artillery; long-range gun; long-range rocket launcher
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Baseball
long-ball hitter; power hitter
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Idiomatic expression; Golf
poor swing; hanging back during the swing; Meiji-era cannon
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Historical term
Shimonoseki campaign (1863-1864); Shimonoseki bombardment
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Rare term
aimless attempt; shot in the dark
Examples
闇夜に鉄砲じゃあるまいし、そんな場当たり的なやり方でうまくいくとは思えないよ。
That's just a shot in the dark. How do you think you'll succeed by just acting on the spur of the moment like that?
