- 爆弾【ばくだん】 - bomb, alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey) 
- 弾く【はじく】 - to flip, to snap, to flick, to repel, to use (an abacus), to calculate, to strum, to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.) 
- 弾く【ひく】 - to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument) 
- 銃弾【じゅうだん】 - bullet (from a rifle) 
- 弾丸【だんがん】 - bullet, shot, shell 
- 弾圧【だんあつ】 - oppression, suppression, pressure 
- 弾む【はずむ】 - to spring, to bound, to bounce, to be stimulated, to be encouraged, to get lively, to pay handsomely, to splurge, to part eagerly with (money, etc.), to breathe hard, to pant, to be out of breath 
- 弾ける【はじける】 - to burst open, to split open, to pop, to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor), to bounce, to bound 
- 糾弾【きゅうだん】 - censure, denunciation, (verbal) attack, blaming 
- 弾み【はずみ】 - bounce, spring, rebound, momentum, impetus, impulse, stimulus, inertia, moment, instant, impulse, chance 
- 弾力【だんりょく】 - elasticity, flexibility 
- 弾道【だんどう】 - trajectory, line of fire, ballistic 
- 弾薬【だんやく】 - ammunition, ammo 
- 弾頭【だんとう】 - warhead 
- 核弾頭【かくだんとう】 - nuclear warhead 
- 砲弾【ほうだん】 - shell, cannonball 
- 実弾【じつだん】 - live bullets, live ammunition, ball cartridge, money 
- 弾劾【だんがい】 - impeachment, denunciation, accusation, censure, arraignment 
- 防弾【ぼうだん】 - bulletproof, bombproof 
- 弾痕【だんこん】 - bullet hole, bullet mark