Word details

闇夜に鉄砲

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 闇夜に鉄砲.

Dictionary

Entry

闇夜に鉄砲やみよにてっぽうNounFreq #229065
1

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?

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

get dark, gloom, disorder

17 strokesFrequency 1,969Grade 8

On

アンオン

Kun

やみくら.い

night, evening

8 strokesFrequency 487JLPT N3Grade 2

On

Kun

よる

iron

13 strokesFrequency 672JLPT N2Grade 3

On

テツ

Kun

くろがね

Nanori

けんてっ

cannon, gun

10 strokesFrequency 1,268JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ホウ

Nanori

づつ

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