N2884/1725

鉄てっ橋きょう

nounnoun (generic)

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てっきょう

Meanings

railway bridge, iron bridge

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Example sentences

川かわの上うえに古ふるい鉄橋てっきょうが架かかっている。

An old iron bridge spans over the river.

その鉄橋てっきょうは明治めいじ時代じだいに建設けんせつされたと聞きいた。

I heard that iron bridge was constructed during the Meiji era.

列車れっしゃが鉄橋てっきょうを渡わたるとき、大おおきな音おとがする。

When the train crosses the railway bridge, it makes a loud noise.

老朽化ろうきゅうかした鉄橋てっきょうの修繕しゅうぜん工事こうじが来月らいげつから始はじまる予定よていだ。

The repair work on the deteriorated railway bridge is scheduled to begin next month.

この鉄橋てっきょうは耐震たいしん補強ほきょうが施ほどこされており、大地震おおじしんにも耐たえられる構造こうぞうとなっている。

This railway bridge has been seismically reinforced and is structured to withstand even major earthquakes.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)