銃声(じゅうせい) じゅうせい noun gunshot; sound of gunfire militarysense 1. gunshot; sound of gunfire The sharp report made by a firearm being discharged. Often used in news reports, crime descriptions, and witness accounts of hearing distant gunfire. 銃声(じゅうせい)が聞(き)こえた。🔊 I heard a gunshot. 遠(とお)くで銃声(じゅうせい)が響(ひび)いた。🔊 A gunshot rang out in the distance. 深夜(しんや)、連続(れんぞく)した銃声(じゅうせい)に住民(じゅうみん)が驚(おどろ)いて警察(けいさつ)に通報(つうほう)した。🔊 Late at night, residents were startled by repeated gunshots and reported it to the police. Compound of 銃(じゅう) (gun) + 声(せい) (voice, sound). Here 声(せい) takes the sense of a characteristic sound rather than a human voice.Common collocations銃声(じゅうせい)が聞(き)こえる: to hear a gunshot銃声(じゅうせい)が響(ひび)く: a gunshot rings out銃声(じゅうせい)が鳴(な)り響(ひび)く: gunshots reverberate一発(いっぱつ)の銃声(じゅうせい): a single gunshotSimilar words発砲音(はっぽうおん): discharge sound — more technical, used in police/military reports爆発音(ばくはつおん): explosion sound — for larger, broader blasts銃撃(じゅうげき)戦(せん): gun battle, shootout — the event, not the sound Related Words Compare: 爆発音(ばくはつおん) (explosion sound) Compare: 銃撃戦(じゅうげきせん) (gun battle, shootout) general Added 2026.5.29 11:14 · Revised 2026.10.1 17:10 28000/28328_juusei