弓きゅう箭せん

noun

bow and arrow; arms; weapons

Refers to bows and arrows as weapons, often in historical or literary contexts. Can also broadly mean arms or weaponry.

• 古こ戦せん場じょうには弓きゅう箭せんが散さん乱らんしていた。

  Bows and arrows were scattered across the ancient battlefield.

noun

archer; warrior

Metonymic use for a person who fights with a bow, or a warrior in general. Rare and literary.

• 彼かれは当とう代だい随ずい一いちの弓きゅう箭せんと称しょうされた。

  He was acclaimed as the greatest archer of his time.

noun

archery combat; war; battle

Refers to fighting with bows and arrows, or by extension, warfare itself. Literary and historical.

• 弓きゅう箭せんを交まじえること数すう度ど、ついに和わ睦ぼくした。

  After several exchanges of archery fire, they finally made peace.