Illustration: A street and the subway station beneath it are visible in a single cutaway view. Below the road, a commuter train has stopped at a platform connected to the surface by stairs and an escalator; the tracks continue into a dark tunnel. Passengers step through the open doors.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

地ち下か鉄てつ

chikatetsu

subway, metro

Example sentences

  1. 地下鉄ちかてつで行いきたいのです。

    I want to get there by subway.

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  2. 地下鉄ちかてつに乗のろう。

    Let’s take the subway.

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  3. 地下鉄ちかてつは地面じめんの下したを走はしる。

    Subways run under the ground.

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Kanji in 地下鉄

  • 地ground; earthOnチ・ジ
  • 下below; downOnカ・ゲKunした・しも・もと
  • 鉄ironOnテツKunくろがね

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