Kanji鉄
Readingてつ
Frequency64%
Used in (245 in total)
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
railroad; railway; rail transport
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
subway; metro; underground (railway)
made of iron
iron pipe; steel pipe; metal pipe
iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)
iron man; strong man; (steel-clad) robot
percussion hammer; firing hammer; cocking piece
iron pot; iron pan
impudence; shamelessness; brazenness; brazen person; shameless person; impudent person
iron manufacture
armor; armour; armor plate; armour plate
iron rust; iron hydroxide
iron kettle
reddish-black; iron blue; greenish-black; steel gray
elbowing (someone); rejection; rebuff
iron sand; magnetite sand
iron (content)
private railway
(barbed) wire entanglements
meteoric iron
railroad corporation; railway company
electric railway
national railway; Japan National Railways (1949-1987)
subway; metro; underground railway
Night on the Galactic Railroad (novel by Kenji Miyazawa); Milky Way Railroad
iron material
railroad; railway
ironworks; steelworks
Iron Lady (orig. nickname for Margaret Thatcher)
railroad network; railroad system
molten iron
Trans-Siberian Railway
metal ring; metal hoop; trivet; train wheel; train
(iron) dumbbells; (pair) of dumbbells
short blade; small weapon; epigram; pithy saying
iron maiden (torture device)
horse-drawn streetcar
wire mesh net; net made out of metal wire
wrought iron
high-speed rail; rapid (rail) transit
strike while the iron is hot
sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway (March 20, 1995)
sword that cuts iron
iron mask (worn by samurai)
railway station; train station
railroad track; rail line
railroad operating over private tracks
model train; model railway
armored ship; armoured ship
sago cycad (Cycas revoluta); king sago palm; sago palm; Japanese sago palm
tempering iron; forging steel; wrought iron
railway vehicle; railroad vehicle
Ministry of Railways (1920-1943)
steel plate; steel slab
Teito Rapid Transit Authority subway; Eidan subway
gold and iron; firmness; adamancy
railway enthusiast who enjoys riding trains
railway police; railroad police
narrow-gauge railway; light railway
(medicinal) iron preparations
train buff; railway enthusiast; trainspotter; railfan
armored horse; strong horse; wind chime; motorcycle
rail transport (transportation, transit); transport by rail
railway enthusiast who enjoys taking pictures of trains
mendicant priest's begging bowl; (arch.) iron helmet
Iron Chef (Japanese television program, 1993-1999)
Astro Boy (Japanese anime character)
scrap iron; scrap metal
iron-deficiency anemia; iron-deficiency anaemia
railroad construction work
(electric) railroad company
iron glaze (pottery)
to make a cutting remark; (lit.) to stab someone with a short blade
iron sulfate; ferrous sulfate; ferric sulfate
railroad facility; railway equipment
slate gray unpatterned cloth
elevated railroad; elevated railway
Japanese National Railways (1949-1987)
Tieguanyin (variety of oolong tea)
railway police (Japan); Railway Police Force
iron sulfide; iron sulphide
iron salt; ferric salt
Nagoya Railroad Co.; Meitetsu
South Manchuria Railway Research Department
horseshoe coming off; throwing a shoe
Keisei Electric Railway; K'SEI
Enoshima Electric Railway
railfan; rail fan; rail buff; train buff
dark steel blue
Hanshin Electric Railway Co.
iron overload; hyperferremia
high-speed rail (esp. in China); rapid (rail) transit
private railway
iron meteorite; siderite; chalybite
sponge iron; direct reduced iron; DRI
Kawasaki Steel Corporation
farrier; horseshoer; blacksmith
(steel) billet; bloom; slab
carpenter's square
Sagami Railway
to make a cutting remark; (lit.) to kill someone with a short blade
Nippon Steel (abbr)
General Federation of Private Railway Workers Unions of Japan (abbr)
Kinki Nippon Tetsudō (railway company)
Kinki Nihon Tetsudō (railway company)
Nippon Steel Corporation (abbr)
Aizukotetsu-kai (yakuza syndicate)
Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation
Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer
Association of American Railroads; AAR
Shintetsu; Kobe Electric Railway (abbr)
Kintetsu; Kintetsu Railway (abbr)
Nagoya Railroad Co. (abbr); Meitetsu
Korea Train Express (South Korean bullet train service); KTX
elevated railway; overhead railway
iron hydroxide; ferrous hydroxide; ferric hydroxide
sideroblastic anemia; sideroblastic anaemia
forest planted to protect railway tracks from snow, sand, etc.
railway stamp enthusiast; train station stamp collector
composite vessel construction (wood, iron, etc.)
cable railway; funicular railway
South Manchurian Railway (abbr)
iron yeast; iron-enriched yeast
British Steel Corporation; BSC
Taiwan Railways Administration (abbr)
ferruginous quartz
non-ferrous
Kawasaki Steel Corporation (abbr)
deferrization; iron removal (using a magnet, etc.)
railfans who gather at the decommissioning of a train or line
model train enthusiast
mother who is interested in trains
heme iron
blue iron earth
armor plate; armour plate
iron loss; core loss
potassium ferrocyanide; potassium ferricyanide
galvanized iron; galvanised iron
iron arrow-head (from the Yayoi and Kofun periods)
Tiele people; a Central Asian Turkic people
ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)
comet goldfish
Nippon maple (Acer nipponicum)
Japanese holly fern (Cyrtomium fortunei)