鉄道
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 鉄 | 道 |
| てつ Grade: 3 |
どう Grade: 2 |
| on’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 鐵道 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology[edit]
鉄 (tetsu, “iron, steel”) + 道 (dō, “way”). Calque of German Eisenbahn.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
鉄道 • (tetsudō) ←てつだう (tetudau)? (kyūjitai 鐵道)
Derived terms[edit]
- 地下鉄 (chikatetsu): subway
- 地下鉄道 (chikatetsudō): subway, Underground Railroad
References[edit]
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 鉄 read as てつ
- Japanese terms spelled with 道 read as どう
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese compound words
- Japanese terms calqued from German
- Japanese terms derived from German
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
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- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
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