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    3. 運転士

    運転士

    運うん転てん士し

    (professional) driver (of a taxi, train, etc.)

    KMT7CoreNounTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab26 strokes

    うんてんし

    Noun

    1.
    (professional) driver (of a taxi, train, etc.), motorman
    2.
    mate (on a ship), officer

    Stroke 0 / 26

    Speed1.0x

    「運うん転てん士し」は電でん車しゃを運うん転てんする人ひとです。

    A "driver" is a person who drives a train.

    KMT3Core ConceptsTravel & Transportation
    彼かれは将しょう来らい、新しん幹かん線せんの運うん転てん士しになりたいと夢ゆめ見みています。

    He dreams of becoming a Shinkansen driver in the future.

    KMT6Travel & TransportationWork & Career
    電でん車しゃの運うん転てん士しは、毎まい日にち多おおくの乗じょう客きゃくを目もく的てき地ちまで運はこびます。

    Train drivers transport many passengers to their destinations every day.

    KMT7Travel & TransportationWork & Career
    バス運うん転てん士しの仕し事ごとは、乗じょう客きゃくの安あん全ぜんを第だい一いちに考かんがえる責せき任にんが伴ともないます。

    The job of a bus driver involves the responsibility of prioritizing passenger safety.

    KMT7Travel & TransportationWork & Career
    経けい験けん豊ほう富ふな運うん転てん士しの判 断 が、緊きん急きゅう時じの安あん全ぜんを左さ右ゆうすることがあります。

    The judgment of an experienced driver can determine safety in an emergency.

    KMT8Work & CareerTravel & Transportation

    Kanji that make up this word

    運
    はこ.ぶ…(1)
    carry・luck・destiny・fate・lot…(3)
    転
    ころ.がる・ころ.げる・ころ.がす・ころ.ぶ・まろ.ぶ・うたた…(3)
    revolve・turn around・change
    士
    さむらい…(3)
    gentleman・scholar・samurai・samurai radical (no. 33)
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