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    3. 電鉄

    電鉄

    電でん鉄てつ

    electric railway

    KMT5News #8+1NounTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab26 strokes

    でんてつ

    Noun

    1.
    electric railway

    Stroke 0 / 26

    Speed1.0x

    この町まちには電でん鉄てつが走はしっています。

    An electric railway runs through this town.

    KMT4Travel & Transportation
    私わたしは毎まい日にち、電でん鉄てつで通つう勤きんしています。

    I commute by electric railway every day.

    KMT5Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    週しゅう末まつは電でん鉄てつに乗のって観かん光こう地ちへ出でかけます。

    On weekends, I take the electric railway to tourist spots.

    KMT5Travel & Transportation
    その電でん鉄てつ会がい社しゃは、新あたらしい路ろ線せんを建けん設せつする計けい画かくだ。

    That electric railway company plans to construct a new line.

    KMT6Travel & TransportationBusiness & Finance
    この電でん鉄てつは、環かん境きょうに優やさしい交こう通つう手しゅ段だんとして注ちゅう目もくされている。

    This electric railway is attracting attention as an environmentally friendly mode of transportation.

    KMT6Travel & TransportationNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    電
    electricity
    鉄
    くろがね…(3)
    iron
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