鉄道

See also: 鐵道 and 铁道

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鉄	道
てつ Grade: 3	どう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

鉄 (てつ, tetsu, “iron, steel”) + 道 (どう, dō, “way”)

Noun

鉄道 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 鐵道, hiragana てつどう, rōmaji tetsudō)

railway

Derived terms

地下鉄 (ちかてつ) (chikatetsu): subway
地下鉄道 (ちかてつどう) (chikatetsudō): subway, Underground Railroad

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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