電車 (でんしゃ) — electric train
電車
electric train
Frequency #3200
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
Grade 2
2 characters
漢語 kango
漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings. noun
transport
densha
でんしゃ
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
でんしゃ[0] heiban 平板
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
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Meanings
- electric train
Usage examples
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今の私たちには電車が普通に見えても、当時、初めて列車を見た人には、速さや大きな音が新しかったはずです。
Ima no watashitachi ni wa densha ga futsuu ni miete mo, touji, hajimete ressha o mita hito ni wa, hayasa ya ookina oto ga atarashikatta hazu desu.
Although trains seem ordinary to us now, their speed and loud noise must have felt new to people seeing one for the first time back then.
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