JLPT N5 · Noun

地下鉄 (chikatetsu)

地下鉄 (ちかてつ, chikatetsu) is a Japanese noun meaning “subway; metro”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ちかてつ
Romaji: chikatetsu
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

subway; metro; underground (railway) · noun · abbreviation

Example sentences

地下鉄で行きたいのです。

I want to get there by subway.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 地下鉄

地

ground, earthチ・ジ · 6 strokes

下

below, down, descendカ・ゲ・した・しも · 3 strokes

鉄

ironテツ・くろがね · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 地下鉄.

地図ちずmap地震じしんearthquake地理ちりgeography地ちearth地味じみplain生地きじcloth意地いじstubbornness地位ちい(social) position地域ちいきarea地下ちかunderground地球ちきゅうEarth地区ちくdistrict地方ちほうdistrict土地とちplot of land

Source: JMdict entry 1420900 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.