N2366/1725

私し鉄てつ

nounnoun (generic)

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してつ

Meanings

private railway

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Example sentences

この路線ろせんは私鉄してつなので、JRの定期券ていきけんは使つかえません。

Since this line is a private railway, you cannot use a JR commuter pass.

東京とうきょうには多おおくの私鉄してつが走はしっている。

Many private railways run through Tokyo.

私鉄してつとJRの運賃うんちんを比較ひかくしてから、どちらを使つかうか決きめた。

After comparing the fares of the private railway and JR, I decided which one to use.

その私鉄してつは観光地かんこうちへのアクセスが良よく、週末しゅうまつは混雑こんざつする。

That private railway has good access to tourist spots and gets crowded on weekends.

近年きんねん、利用者りようしゃの減少げんしょうにより経営難けいえいなんに陥おちいる私鉄してつも少すくなくない。

In recent years, there are quite a few private railways that have fallen into financial difficulties due to a decrease in users.

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.)