No. 1,890 in Japanese
矢
Arrow.
In a sentence
彼は矢を的に撃った。
He shot the arrow at the target.
Here, '矢' is used to mean 'an arrow', which is a projectile shot with a bow.
これは矢のように速い走りです。
This is a run as fast as an arrow.
In this sentence, '矢' is used metaphorically to describe speed, referencing how fast an arrow flies.
その決断は一矢報いるものだった。
That decision was a repay in kind.
Here, the idiom '一矢報いる' (isshi mukuiru) uses '矢' figuratively to mean 'to repay or respond', using '矢' as a symbolic representation of counteraction.
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