Illustration: A short local train approaches a modest suburban station along steel rails fixed to sleepers in gravel. A clearly visible turnout connects a siding to the main line, and overhead wires follow the track toward the platform.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

鉄てつ道どう

tetsudou

railway

Example sentences

  1. 鉄道てつどうの線路せんろを歩あるくのは危険きけんだ。

    It’s dangerous to walk on railway lines.

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  2. その鉄道てつどうは今建設中いまけんせつちゅうだ。

    The railroad is now in the process of construction.

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  3. 当時とうじは日本にっぽんには鉄道てつどうはなかった。

    There were no railroads at that time in Japan.

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Kanji in 鉄道

  • 鉄ironOnテツKunくろがね
  • 道road-way; streetOnドウ・トウKunみち・いう

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