Japanese symbol for “volley”
連発
れんぱつ
Romaji: renpatsu
occurring in succession; doing in succession; series (of incidents); spate
In Japanese, volley is 連発, read れんぱつ (renpatsu).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs occurring in succession; doing in succession; series (of incidents); spate
- n, vs, vt firing in rapid succession; volley of shots
- n, vs, vt volley (of questions, abuse, etc.); stream; firing (questions); cracking (jokes) one after another
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “volley”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ボレー | ボレー boree | volley |
| 斉射 | せいしゃ seisha | volley (of fire); salvo; fusillade |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 連絡 | れんらく renraku | contacting; (making) contact; getting in touch |
| 関連 | かんれん kanren | relation; connection; relevance |
| 連続 | れんぞく renzoku | continuation; succession; series |
| 連合 | れんごう rengou | union; combination; alliance |
| 連邦 | れんぽう renpou | federation (of states); confederation; commonwealth |
| 連中 | れんちゅう renchuu | company; lot; people |
| 発売 | はつばい hatsubai | sale; offering for sale; putting on sale |
| 発表 | はっぴょう happyou | announcement; publication; presenting |
See also: Chinese symbol for “volley”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.