鉄道
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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鉄 | 道 |
てつ Grade: 3 |
どう Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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鐵道 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology[edit]
鉄 (てつ, tetsu, “iron, steel”) + 道 (どう, dō, “way”). Calque of German Eisenbahn.
Noun[edit]
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 terms calqued from German
- Japanese terms derived from German
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- ja:Rail transportation