てつ
Meanings
Noun
1. 地下鉄道の略。大都市における効率的な土地利用を目的に敷設され、主たる軌道及び駅設備の多くを地下に有する鉄道のこと。
Kanji used
ground
below
iron
Pitch accent
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Composed of
① 地面の下。または地下(1階より下)にある階層。② 公でなく、秘匿して③ 人の死んだことの暗示。④ 殿上を許されていない者。地下人。
① 金属の一種。原子番号26、元素記号はFe、 常温常圧では銀灰色の固体で、人間に最も身近な金属のひとつ。くろがね。② 強固なもの
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.