火器|かきkaki[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounfirearms; guns
   「状況じょうきょう報告ほうこくを」「現在げんざい目標もくひょうは目視もくし４。最大さいだい７か。小しょう口径こうけい火器かきを所有しょゆう」↗

   "Situation report." "At present 4 in sight. At most probably 7. Holding small calibre arms."

• SynonymガンCasualLoanword for a gun, common in speech; 「火器」 is the formal, written umbrella term for weapons that fire with gunpowder.
• Antonym冷兵器WrittenWritten term for 'cold weapons' such as swords that use no gunpowder; the opposite of 「火器」.

Use 「火器」 for the general category of gunpowder-firing weapons, as in 「小火器」; in speech, guns are 「ガン」 or 「銃」. For blade-type weapons without gunpowder, use 「冷兵器」.

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1. 火鉢ひばちなど、火ひを入いれる器具きぐ。火入ひいれ。
2. 火薬かやくを用もちいて弾丸だんがんを発射はっしゃする武器ぶき、兵器へいきの総称そうしょう。火兵かへい。