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    3. 私鉄

    私鉄

    私し鉄てつ

    private railway

    N2KMT5News #9+1CoreNounTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab20 strokes

    してつ

    Noun

    1.
    private railway

    Stroke 0 / 20

    Speed1.0x

    私わたしは毎まい日にち私し鉄てつで通つう勤きんしています。

    I commute by private railway every day.

    KMT4Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    この路ろ線せんはJRではなく私ジェイアールでは鉄なくしてつです。

    This line is a private railway, not JR.

    KMT5Travel & Transportation
    私し鉄てつの駅えきは、JRの駅ジェイアールのえきよりも住じゅう宅たく街がいに近よりちかいことが多おおい。

    Private railway stations are often closer to residential areas than JR stations.

    KMT5Travel & TransportationHome & Housing
    私し鉄てつ各かく社しゃは、沿えん線せん開かい発はつにも力ちからを入いれている。

    Each private railway company is also focusing on developing areas along its lines.

    KMT5Travel & TransportationBusiness & Finance
    大だい都と市し圏けんでは、私し鉄てつが公こう共きょう交こう通つう機き関かんの重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを担になっている。

    In large metropolitan areas, private railways play an important role in public transportation.

    KMT6Travel & TransportationPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    私
    わたくし・わたし…(1)
    private・I・me
    鉄
    くろがね…(3)
    iron
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