焼夷弾

Japanese

Kanji in this term
焼 夷 弾
しょう
Grade: 4 		い
Jinmeiyō 		だん
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
燒夷彈 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

焼夷(しょうい) (shōi, “burning down”) + 弾(だん) (-dan, “bomb, bullet”)

Pronunciation

Noun

焼(しょう)夷(い)弾(だん) • (shōidan) 

  1. firebomb; incendiary bomb

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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