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時速 (じそく): speed (per hour) — Japanese vocabulary

時速 is read じそく and means "speed (per hour)". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

時速

Reading
じそく · jisoku
Translation
speed (per hour)
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
じそくがじそくが

Example

その列車は時速五十マイルの速さで走っている。

そのれっしゃはじそくごじゅうマイルのはやさではしっている。

The train is traveling at the rate of 50 miles an hour.

Kanji in this word

  • 時 — time, hour
  • 速 — fast, speed

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