How to say "blast" in Japanese

• 爆発ばくはつJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers 'blast' in the sense of an explosion or detonation itself, as when a bomb or gas goes off. Use this when the blast is the explosion event, not the wind it produces.
  屋根やねは爆発ばくはつで吹き飛ふきとばされた。↗

  The roof was blown off by the explosion.
• 爆風ばくふうCommon
  nounThe blast from an explosion: the rush of air and shock wave that follows a bomb or similar detonation. Use it for the force felt near the explosion rather than the explosion itself.
• 突風とっぷうCommon
  nounCovers 'blast' as a sudden gust of wind, with no explosion involved — a blast of air sweeping down a street. For this wind sense it is the word; it does not mean an explosion.

Use 爆発 for a blast that is an explosion itself, 爆風 for the blast or shock wave an explosion sends out, and 突風 for a blast of wind with no explosion involved.

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• 爆発ばくはつexplosion
• 爆風ばくふうbomb blast
• 突風とっぷうgust (of wind)
• ブラストblast (wind)
• 煽りあおりgust (of wind)
• ぶっ飛ぶぶっとぶto fly (with great force)
• 一吹きひとふきblast
• 非難を浴びせるひなんをあびせるto heap abuse upon (a person)
• ぶかぶかparp
• 芽球がきゅうblast (cell)