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

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

Noun

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

1. 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)道院(どういん) (tetsudō-in)
• 鉄(てつ)道(どう)橋(きょう) (tetsudōkyō)
• 鉄(てつ)道(どう)草(ぐさ) (tetsudōgusa)
• 鉄(てつ)道(どう)員(いん) (tetsudōin)
• 鉄(てつ)道警(どうけい)察(さつ)隊(たい) (tetsudō keisatsutai)
• 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)道馬(どうば)車(しゃ) (tetsudō basha)
• 鉄(てつ)道(どう)網(もう) (tetsudōmō)
• 鉄(てつ)道(どう)便(びん) (tetsudōbin)
• 鉄(てつ)道(どう)駅(えき) (tetsudōeki, “railway station, train station”)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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