ちかてつ
Meanings
Noun
1. underground train; subway
Pitch accent
かてつ
Composed of
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
subway; tube; underground railroad; underground railway
sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway (March 20, 1995)
Teito Rapid Transit Authority subway; Eidan subway
Examples (31 in total)
I want to get there by subway.
They went by subway.
Could I please have a subway map?
The subway is faster than the streetcar.
There is a metro in Kazan.
Do you have a subway map?
I go to school by subway.
Do you know where you should get on the subway?
Subways run under the ground.
He often uses a subway.
Is it dangerous to take a subway alone?
I take the subway almost every day.
Do you go by bus, by train, or by subway?
Which is quicker, a taxi or the subway?
She got on the subway at Ginza.
I wish the subway wasn't so crowded every morning.
Tom said goodbye and got on the subway.
She transferred from the bus to the subway.
Could you tell me how to get to the subway station?
What subway goes to the center of town?
That person's house is near the subway.
Where is the nearest subway station?
In the future, I think there'll be a subway station here.
Can you give me directions to the subway station?
I expect a subway station will be here in the future.
Excuse me, but is this the right way to the subway station?
I bought this book from the bookshop near the railway station.
The Moscow subway runs until one a.m.
The new subway enables me to get to school in 20 minutes.
Subway fares will be raised as of April 1st, 1999.
Whenever I get on the subway, I put my wallet in my front pocket.