火蓋;火ぶた | [ひぶた, hibuta] (n) (See 火蓋を切る) apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock [Add to Longdo] |
火蓋を切る;火蓋をきる;火ぶたを切る;火ぶたをきる | [ひぶたをきる, hibutawokiru] (exp, v5r) to start (an argument, a battle, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
He opened up the verbal battle. | 彼の発言が舌戦の火蓋をきったことになった。 |
He opened up the verbal battle. | 彼の発言が舌戦の火蓋を切った。 |
His war on this country will come swiftly. | [JP] 間もなくこの国で 戦の火蓋が切られます The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) |