ちかてつ
Meanings
Noun
Abbreviation
1. subway; metro; underground (railway)
Pitch accent
ち
かてつ
Composed of
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
subway; metro; underground railway
sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway (March 20, 1995)
Teito Rapid Transit Authority subway; Eidan subway
municipal subway
Examples (34 in total)
I want to get there by subway.
The subway is faster than the streetcar.
They went by subway.