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種子島
Hiragana
たねがしま
Noun
archaic
slang
Japanese Meaning
鹿児島県の南方に位置する島。鉄砲伝来やロケット発射場で知られる。 / 日本で最初に実用化された火縄銃の一種。種子島に伝来したことからこの名がついた。 / 伽羅に似た香木の一種。香道などで用いられる。 / フグ(ふぐ)の古い隠語・俗称。毒が致命的であることを、火縄銃=種子島になぞらえたもの。
Easy Japanese Meaning
かこに てつほうが つくられた ことで ゆうめいな きゅう さつまはんの しまの なまえ
Chinese (Simplified)
火绳枪 / 一种用于熏香的香木 / 河豚(古俚语)
Sense(1)
種が島: matchlock
Sense(2)
a kind of fragrant aloeswood used for incense
Sense(3)
(slang, archaic) fugu (so named for the way that poorly-prepared fugu is deadly, like a matchlock)
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種が島: matchlock / a kind of fragrant aloeswood used for incense / (slang, archaic) fugu (so named for the way that poorly-prepared fugu is deadly, like a matchlock)
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種子島
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Tanegashima is the place where the first gun was made in Japan.
Tanegashima is the place where the first gun was made in Japan.
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種子島は、日本で最初の鉄砲が作られた場所です。
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