鉄槌

See also: 鐵鎚 and 鐵錘

Japanese

Kanji in this term
てつ > てっ
Grade: 3
つい
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
鐵槌 (kyūjitai)
鉄鎚
鉄つい

Pronunciation

Noun

(てっ)(つい) (tettsui) 

  1. iron hammer
  2. (figuratively) crushing blow
    • 2013, Korean Central News Agency, “Traitor Jang Song Thaek Executed”
      (はん)(けつ)(ぶん)(いっ)(せつ)(いっ)(せつ)は、(はん)()(う・はん)(かく)(めい)(ぶん)()(ぶん)()であり、(きょう)(あく)(せい)()(てき)()(しん)()(いん)(ぼう)()である(チャン)(ソン)(テク)()(じょう)(くだ)された(ぞう)()(ふん)(げき)()ちたわが(ぐん)(たい)(じん)(みん)のしゅん(げん)(てっ)(つい)(どう)(よう)であった。
      Hanketsubun no issetsu-issetsu wa, hantō hankakumei bunpa bunshi de ari, kyōaku na seijiteki yashinka, inbōka de aru Chan Son-teku no zujō ni kudasareta zōo to fungeki ni michita waga guntai to jinmin no shungen na tettsui dōyō de atta.
      Every sentence of the decision served as sledge-hammer blow brought down by our angry service personnel and people on the head of Jang, an anti-party, counter-revolutionary factional element and despicable political careerist and trickster.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
かな
Grade: 3
つち > づち
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
鐵槌 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 鉄槌 – see the following entry.
金槌かなづち
[noun] a hammer with at least a metal head, or possibly made entirely of metal
[noun] (figurative) someone who cannot swim at all (as a metal hammer sinks quickly in water)
Alternative spellings
鉄槌, 鉄鎚
(This term, 鉄槌, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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