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What does it mean in Japanese 撃鉄落とす - Dictionary says it's something about hammer, but google shows me a gun. 落とせ - I've tried to check it also in the dictionary, but It's in the same text as the first one, and the meaning from dictionary don't fit. 刹那　空に　散り逝く定め　可能世界に解かれたクロニクルが今、幕を開けた。

Jan 30, 2015 8:30 PM

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A literal translation is "dropped the hammer" and it can be used as slang for "fire the gun". There is a component within a gun that is colloquially called the "hammer" which, when the trigger is pulled applies a shock to the cartridge to fire the bullet. So when you pull the trigger on a gun you are "dropping the hammer".

January 30, 2015

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