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乱射 (らんしゃ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
indiscriminate shooting ; random shooting ; firing blindly
Refers to shooting a firearm or similar weapon wildly, without aiming at a specific target, often in a public or dangerous manner. Commonly used in news reports about gun violence.
件けん
で
多た
数すう
の
負ふ
傷しょう
者しゃ
が
出で
た
。
Many people were injured in the random shooting incident.
Similar words 発はっ 砲ぽう 発砲 simply means 'firing a gun' and does not imply indiscriminate or random shooting. 乱射 emphasizes the wild, untargeted nature of the shooting.
狙そ 撃げき 狙撃 means 'sniping' or 'sharpshooting', which is the opposite of 乱射; it involves careful aiming at a specific target.
Etymology Compound of 乱 (ran, 'disorderly, random') and 射 (sha, 'shoot'). The meaning is transparent from its components.
