銃声(じゅうせい)

じゅうせい
noun
gunshot; sound of gunfire
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 gunshot

SIMILAR 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
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