終電

Japanese

Kanji in this term
終	電
しゅう Grade: 3	でん Grade: 2
kan’on	goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅうでん [shùúdéń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝːdẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

終(しゅう)電(でん) • (shūden)

Clipping of 終電車 (shūdensha, “last train of the day”).[3]
終電(しゅうでん)を逃(のが)す
shūden o nogasu
to miss the last train
- 2007 April 23, Kenshi Hirokane, “STEP5　Five O'Clock World①”, in ヤング島耕作　主任編 [Young Shima Kōsaku: Manager Arc], volume 1 (fiction), Tōkyō: Kōdansha, →ISBN, page 75:
  岩(いわ)田(た)じゃないか　どうしたんだ？
  あ　ごめん　飲んでたら　終電のがしちゃったの　今日泊めてー
  Iwata ja nai ka Dō shita n da?
  A gomen Nondetara shūden nogashichatta no Kyō tometē
  Is that you, Iwata? What happened?
  Oh, sorry. I had too much to drink and missed the last train. Can I stay here tonight?
- 2013, 三秋縋, 「三日間の幸福」
  終(しゅう)電(でん)は数(すう)時(じ)間(かん)前(まえ)に駅(えき)を通(つう)過(か)していた。
  俺(おれ)は駅(えき)の硬(かた)い椅(い)子(す)に寝(ね)そべって始(し)発(はつ)を待(ま)った。
  Shūden wa sūjikanmae ni eki o tsūka shite ita.
  Ore wa eki no katai isu ni nesobette shihatsu o matta.
  The last train for the day had come through the station a few hours ago.
  I laid down on the station's stiff seats and waited for tomorrow's first train.

References

Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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