Illustration: Inside a Japanese commuter train at the morning rush, standing passengers fill the aisle and doorway area shoulder to shoulder. Several hands share the available hanging straps, and seated riders are partly enclosed by the dense row of people in front of them.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

満まん員いん電でん車しゃ

man'indensha

crowded train

Example sentences

  1. 満員電車まんいんでんしゃの中なかへと押おし込こまれた。

    We were crushed into the crowded train.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. メアリーは、満員電車まんいんでんしゃの中なかで身動みうごきが取とれなくなった。

    Mary was stuck in the middle of a crowded train, unable to move.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 満員電車まんいんでんしゃでもみくちゃにされる

    to be jostled in a packed train

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 満員電車

  • 満full; fullnessOnマン・バンKunみちる・みつ・みたす
  • 員employee; memberOnイン
  • 電electricityOnデン
  • 車carOnシャKunくるま

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