Illustration: On a quiet Japanese neighborhood street, a commuter train passes directly across the roadway at a level crossing. The lowered barrier holds a cyclist and an older pedestrian safely behind it.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

踏ふみ切きり

fumikiri

railway crossing

Example sentences

  1. 踏切ふみきりでトラックが立たち往生おうじょうしてしまった。

    A truck got stuck on the railway crossing.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 警報機けいほうきが鳴なり始はじめたら踏切ふみきり内ないに入はいらないでください。

    Don’t go onto the railroad crossing when the alarm starts going off.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 警報機けいほうきが鳴なっているときは絶対ぜったいに踏切ふみきりを渡わたらないでください。

    Don’t cross the tracks when the alarm is ringing.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 踏切

  • 踏step; trampleOnトウKunふむ・ふまえる
  • 切cutOnセツ・サイKunきる・きり・きれる

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