Illustration: At a workbench in a family hardware shop, a child lifts a cluster of rough iron nails with a horseshoe magnet. Several nails cling end to end, making a dangling chain that surprises the child.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

鉄てつ

tetsu

iron

Example sentences

  1. 鉄てつは最もっとも有用ゆうような金属きんぞくです。

    Iron is the most useful metal.

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  2. 鉄てつは硬かたい。

    Iron is hard.

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  3. 金きんは鉄てつより重おもい。

    Gold is heavier than iron.

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Kanji in 鉄

  • 鉄ironOnテツKunくろがね

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