How to say "gunshot" in Japanese

• 射撃しゃげきCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe act of firing a gun: shooting or gunfire as an event, as in target practice, hunting, or battle. For most senses of 'gunshot' this common word is the one you want.
  彼かれは射撃しゃげきがうまい。↗

  He is a good shot.
• 鉄砲玉てっぽうだま
  nounPoints to the bullet itself — the shot discharged from a gun — rather than the act of shooting. A less common word, and only a marginal way to say 'gunshot'; it really means the projectile.
  鉄砲玉てっぽうだまに当あたるも当あたらぬもみな運命うんめいだ。↗

  Every bullet has its billet.

Choose 射撃 for the act of firing a gun — shooting or gunfire as an event — while 鉄砲玉, a less common word, denotes the bullet or shot itself and is seldom the word you want for 'gunshot'.

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• 射撃しゃげきfiring
• 鉄砲玉てっぽうだまgunshot