しゃげきじょう
noun
shooting range; firing range
buildingsports
1. shooting range; firing range
A facility with designated lanes and targets where people practice firing guns safely, for sport, training, or military purposes.
射撃場(しゃげきじょう)練習(れんしゅう)する
To practice at the shooting range.
This shooting range is also open to the general public.
The athletes had been aiming at targets at the range since morning.

Composed of 射撃(しゃげき) (shooting, gunfire) + (じょう) (place, grounds). A designated site for firing weapons, whether for the sport of shooting or for training.

Common collocations

  • 屋内(おくない)射撃場(しゃげきじょう): indoor shooting range
  • 射撃場(しゃげきじょう)発砲(はっぽう)する: to fire a gun at the range

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