Illustration: At a Japanese railway station, a commuter touches a travel card to the reader on an automatic ticket gate. The gate’s paired flaps have retracted, opening the narrow passage toward a platform where a train waits. Adjacent gates remain closed between passengers, making the barrier line clear.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

改かい札さつ

kaisatsu

ticket gate

Short for 改札口. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 改札かいさつ・コンコースは1階かいにある。

    The ticket gate and concourse are on the first floor.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 駅員えきいんに連絡れんらくしたが、男おとこはその場ばを立たち去さり、改札かいさつ口ぐちを出でて行いった。

    They contacted the station staff but the man had left the area and gone out through the ticket barrier.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 改札かいさつ口ぐちは地上ちじょう、ホームは2階かい。

    The ticket gate is located on the ground level, and the platform is located on the second floor.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 改札

  • 改reformation; changeOnカイKunあらためる・あらたまる
  • 札tag; paper moneyOnサツKunふだ

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