鉄槌

鉄槌

See also: 鐵鎚 and 鐵錘

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鉄	槌
てつ > てっ Grade: 3	つい Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Alternative spellings
鐵槌 (kyūjitai) 鉄鎚 鉄つい

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) てっつい [tèttsúí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [te̞t̚t͡sɨᵝi]

Noun

鉄(てっ)槌(つい) • (tettsui)  (kyūjitai 鐵槌)

1. iron hammer
2. (figuratively) crushing blow
   • 2013, Korean Central News Agency, “Traitor Jang Song Thaek Executed”

     判(はん)決(けつ)文(ぶん)の一(いっ)節(せつ)一(いっ)節(せつ)は、反(はん)党(と)・反(う・はん)革(かく)命(めい)分(ぶん)派(ぱ)分(ぶん)子(し)であり、凶(きょう)悪(あく)な政(せい)治(じ)的(てき)野(や)心(しん)家(か)、陰(いん)謀(ぼう)家(か)である張(チャン)成(ソン)沢(テク)の頭(ず)上(じょう)に下(くだ)された憎(ぞう)悪(お)と憤(ふん)激(げき)に満(み)ちたわが軍(ぐん)隊(たい)と人(じん)民(みん)のしゅん厳(げん)な鉄(てっ)槌(つい)同(どう)様(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

• 鉄(てっ)槌(つい)を下(くだ)す (tettsui o kudasu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鉄	槌
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] (figuratively) 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