鉄てつ
Meanings
Noun
1. iron (Fe)
It's as hot as red-hot iron.
2. steel
Adjective (の)
Noun
3. iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.)
But even so, with an iron will, he does not cry out.
Noun
Suffix
Abbreviation
4. railway
Suffix
Colloquialism
5. railway enthusiast
He is a serious train buff and knows the names of every station.
Kanji used
iron
Pitch accent
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つ
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Used in vocabulary (111 in total)
railroad; railway; rail transport
subway; metro; underground (railway)
Examples (31 in total)
The atomic number of iron is 26.
Is it made of iron?
Gold is heavier than iron.
Iron and oxygen are elements.
Magnets attract iron.
Iron transmits heat well.
Wood floats, but iron sinks.
Gold is more precious than iron.
Iron is much more useful than gold.
Our domain is short of iron.
This vase is made of iron.
Iron is the most useful metal.
Iron is indispensable for fighting.
It's like hammering iron to temper it.
What I took out was a thin sheet of iron.
It's as hot as red-hot iron.
The Earth's core is made mostly of iron.
It felt as if I were cutting through iron.
This metal is comparable to iron in strength.
My wet gloves froze to the iron railing.
She made her dream come true through sheer iron will.
This team is known for its iron discipline.
The Golden Gate Bridge is made of iron.
But even so, with an iron will, he does not cry out.
I'm a train buff, so just riding a train is fun for me.
Pushing aside the heavy iron lid, I go up to the surface.
He is a serious train buff and knows the names of every station.
Galileo dropped two iron balls from the top of the tower.
He was beaten with an iron rod during a violent soccer match.
My older brother is a train buff; on his days off he always goes out to take pictures of trains.
Was it also around the same time that they succeeded in producing iron?