Illustration: At a compact suburban railway terminus, a commuter train waits beside a small bus interchange integrated with the station building. The train and buses share the same distinctive geometric emblem, also worn on a railway employee's cap.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

私し鉄てつ

shitetsu

private railway

Example sentences

  1. 私鉄してつは地域輸送ちいきゆそうのみに限定げんていされることとなった。

    The activities of private railway companies were limited to only local transportation.

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

  2. そして、もっぱら私鉄してつの駅えきでのみ販売はんばいされている駅弁えきべんも存在そんざいする。

    Ekiben exclusively sold at the stations of private railway also exists.

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

  3. これにより近畿圏きんきけんの私鉄してつでも利用りようが可能かのうになる。

    Since then, ICOCA has been accepted in the private railway companies of the Kinki district.

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

Kanji in 私鉄

  • 私private; IOnシKunわたくし・わたし
  • 鉄ironOnテツKunくろがね

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