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暴漢のピストルが発射された。

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暴漢 ピストル 発射された

English Translation

A ruffian's pistol went off.

Furigana

暴漢(ぼうかん)のピストルが発射(はっしゃ)された。

Romanji

Bōkan no pisutoru ga hasshasareta.

Words

暴漢 (ぼうかん)
hoodlum; ruffian
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
ピストル (ピストル)
pistol
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
発射 (はっしゃ)
firing; shooting; discharge; catapult; ejaculation (sl)

Kanji

Readings: ボウ、 バク、 あば.く、 あば.れる
Meanings: outburst, rave, fret, force, violence, cruelty, outrage
Reading: カン
Meanings: Sino-, China
Readings: ハツ、 ホツ、 た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ
Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
Readings: シャ、 い.る、 さ.す、 う.つ
Meanings: shoot, shine into, onto, archery