鉄道

See also: 鐵道 and 铁道

Japanese

Kanji in this term
てつ
Grade: 3
どう
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
鐵道 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

(てつ) (tetsu, iron, steel) + (どう) (, way). Calque of German Eisenbahn.

Pronunciation

Noun

(てつ)(どう) • (tetsudō) てつだう (tetudau)?

  1. railway

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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