JLPT N3 · Noun

鉄道 (tetsudou)

鉄道 (てつどう, tetsudou) is a Japanese noun meaning “railroad; railway”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: てつどう
Romaji: tetsudou
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

railroad; railway; rail transport · noun

Example sentences

我々は鉄道施設の契約をした。

We were contracted to build a railway.

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

Kanji in 鉄道

鉄

ironテツ・くろがね · 13 strokes

道

road-way, street, districtドウ・トウ・みち・いう · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 鉄道.

地下鉄ちかてつsubway鉄てつiron (Fe)私鉄してつprivate railway鉄橋てっきょうrailway bridge鉄砲てっぽうgun製鉄せいてつiron manufacture鉄鋼てっこうiron and steel鉄棒てつぼうiron rod道みちroad柔道じゅうどうjudo水道すいどうwater supply道具どうぐtool道徳どうとくmorals道路どうろroad

Source: JMdict entry 1437960 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.