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鉄 kanji
iron
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
テツ
Kun readings
くろがね
Variant forms
銕鋨鐡鐵Words with 鉄
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —常電導磁気浮上式鉄道non-superconducting maglev train
- —鉄は熱いうちに鍛えよstrike while the iron is hot
- —全米鉄道旅客輸送公社National Railroad Passenger Corporation
- —日本貨物鉄道株式会社Japan Freight Railway Company
- —鉄骨鉄筋コンクリート造steel-framed reinforced concrete construction
- —鳩が豆鉄砲を食ったようlike a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)
- —日本国有鉄道清算事業団Japanese National Railways Settlement Corporation; JNR SC
- —ヘキサシアノ鉄酸カリウムpotassium ferrocyanide; potassium ferricyanide
- —下手な鉄砲も数撃てば当たるeven the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries; even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots
- —下手な鉄砲も数撃ちゃ当たるeven the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries; even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots
- —鉄鈑iron plate; steel plate; sure thing; certain winner
- —鉄炮gun; firearm; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
- —練鉄wrought iron
- —鉄輪metal ring; metal hoop; metal band; trivet; train wheel; train
- —屑鉄scrap iron
- —鉄砧anvil
- —鉄屑scrap iron
- —鉄叉railway frog
- —乗鉄railway enthusiast who enjoys riding trains
- —鉄鎚iron hammer; crushing blow