地下鉄

Japanese

Kanji in this term
地 下 鉄
ち
Grade: 2 		か
Grade: 1 		てつ
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
地下鐵 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Clipping of 地(ち)下(か)鉄(てつ)道(どう) (chika tetsudō, “underground railway”), itself 地下(ちか) (chika, “underground”) + 鉄道(てつどう) (tetsudō, “railway”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちかてつ [chìkátétsú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕi̥ka̠te̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

地(ち)下(か)鉄(てつ) • (chikatetsu) 

  1. (rail transport) rapid transit, metro, subway, underground

References

  • Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN
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