てつどう
Meanings
Noun
1. railroad; railway; rail transport
Kanji used
iron
roadway
Pitch accent
つどう
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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)
subway; tube; underground railroad; underground railway
railroad network; railroad system
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.
A railroad was constructed in this town.
My dad works on the railways.
It's the fastest railroad in the world.
The railroad system in Japan is said to be wonderful.
I prefer traveling by train to flying.
The railroad provoked a kind of revolution.
There were almost no railroads out west.
He works on the railroad as a driver.
The train service was suspended by the earthquake.
The red lines on the map represent a railway.
They are planning to connect the cities with a railroad.
They are planning to extend the railroad to the next town.
The Siberian Railway is at once the longest and best known railway in the world.
Please look up the first train to London in the railway guide.
Nowadays there are railways all over England.
It has been announced that railway fares will be raised by 10 percent starting on the first of March.
Hanako's favorite anime is "Night on the Galactic Railroad".