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てつどう
Meanings
Noun
1. railroad; railway; rail transport
Alt. forms
鉄てつ道どう
99%
てつどう
Pitch accent
て
つどう
Used in: 7
Composed of
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
Used in vocabulary (36 in total)
horse-drawn streetcar
railroad track; rail line
transcontinental railroad
subway; tube; underground railroad; underground railway
railroad network; railroad system
rail transport
railroad accident
railway station; train station
high-speed rail; rapid (rail) transit
railroad operating over private tracks
horse tramway
railway vehicle; railroad vehicle
mountain railway
narrow-gauge railway; light railway
train buff; railway enthusiast; trainspotter; railfan
rail transport (transportation, transit); transport by rail
railway police; railroad police
monorail
railroad bridge
railroad construction work
forest railroad
national railway
railroad security officer
Japanese National Railways (1949-1987)
elevated railroad; elevated railway
railway telephone
railway police (Japan); Railway Police Force
railway police officer (pre-1987)
private railway
railroad facility; railway equipment
narrow-gauge railway
cable railway
cable railway; funicular railway
maglev train
elevated railway; overhead railway
railway ferry; train ferry
Examples (20 in total)
Switzerland is the land of the railway.
There were no railroads in Japan at that time.
The new railway is not completed yet.
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