How to say "shot" in Japanese

• ショットCommon
  nounThe loanword for 'shot', covering borrowed senses such as a golf stroke, a camera or film shot, or a shot of liquor; for a shot at goal in ball sports, シュート is the word.
• シュートCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe loanword for a shot in ball games: kicking or throwing the ball toward the goal or basket in soccer, basketball, and similar sports. It does not cover the medical or firearms senses.
  僕達ぼくたちはマックがすばらしいシュートを決きめるのを見みた。↗

  We saw Mac make a fantastic shot.
• 注射ちゅうしゃJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbOnly the medical sense: a 'shot' meaning an injection with a needle, as at a clinic for a flu shot or vaccination. For any other sense of 'shot' this is not the word.
  流感りゅうかんの予防よぼうワクチンの注射ちゅうしゃをした。↗

  I was vaccinated against the flu.
• 弾丸だんがんCommon
  nounThe word for a bullet or shell: a projectile fired from a gun. Its 'shot' sense is this firearms one; for the small pellets of shotgun ammunition, 散弾 is more specific.
  その犬いぬは弾丸だんがんのように去さった。↗

  The dog went away like a shot.
• 散弾さんだんCommon
  nounThe firearms sense only: 'shot' as the mass of small pellets — buckshot — fired from a shotgun. A narrow term; it is not the word for the sports, medical, or general senses of 'shot'.

Use 「シュート」 for a shot at goal or basket in ball sports, 注射 for a medical injection, 弾丸 for a bullet, 散弾 for shotgun pellets, and the loanword 「ショット」 for other borrowed senses such as golf or film.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• ショットshot
• シュートshooting (a ball)
• 注射ちゅうしゃinjection
• 弾丸だんがんbullet
• 散弾さんだんshot
• シューshot
• 場面ばめんscene (in a movie, play)
• 砲丸ほうがんshot (in the shot put)
• カット(continuous) shot (in a film or TV show)