鉄道

See also: 鐵道 and 铁道

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鉄	道
てつ Grade: 3	どう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
鐵道 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

鉄(てつ) (tetsu, “iron, steel”) + 道(どう) (dō, “way”). Calque of German Eisenbahn.

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) てつどー [tètsúdóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [te̞t͡sɨᵝdo̞ː]

Noun

鉄(てつ)道(どう) • (tetsudō) ^{←てつだう (tetudau)^?}

railway

Derived terms

地(ち)下(か)鉄(てつ) (chikatetsu): subway
地(ち)下(か)鉄(てつ)道(どう) (chikatetsudō): subway, Underground Railroad
鉄(てつ)道(どう)便(びん) (tetsudōbin)
鉄(てつ)道(どう)員(いん) (tetsudōin)
鉄(てつ)道(どう)橋(きょう) (tetsudōkyō)
鉄(てつ)道(どう)網(もう) (tetsudōmō)
鉄(てつ)道(どう)草(ぐさ) (tetsudōgusa)
鉄(てつ)道公(どうこう)安職(あんしょく)員(いん) (tetsudō kōan shokuin)
鉄(てつ)道省(どうしょう) (tetsudō-shō)
鉄(てつ)道警(どうけい)察(さつ)隊(たい) (tetsudō keisatsutai)
鉄(てつ)道院(どういん) (tetsudō-in)
鉄(てつ)道馬(どうば)車(しゃ) (tetsudō basha)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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