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車掌 (しゃしょう): (train) conductor — Japanese vocabulary

車掌 is read しゃしょう and means "(train) conductor". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

車掌

Reading
しゃしょう · shashou
Translation
(train) conductor
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
しゃしょうが

Example

バスの車掌は彼女に、料金を払えないので降りるようにと言った。

バスのしゃしょうはかのじょに、りょうきんをはらえないのでおりるようにといった。

The bus conductor told her to get off because she could not pay the fare.

Kanji in this word

  • 車 — car, vehicle
  • 掌 — Manipulate, Rule, Administer

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