Japanese

Noun

鉄砲 ‎(hiragana てっぽう, romaji teppō)

1. gun
2. (Kansai, slang) pufferfish, 河豚 (ふぐ) ‎(fugu), punning on 当 (あ)たる ‎(ataru, “poisoned or shot”). I.e., a pufferfish is something that can poison you, just as a gun is something that can shoot you.

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