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地下鉄 (ちかてつ): subway — Japanese vocabulary

地下鉄 is read ちかてつ and means "subway". JLPT N4 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

地下鉄

Reading
ちかてつ · chikatetsu
Translation
subway
Level
JLPT N4
Pitch accent
ちかてつが

Example

地下鉄で会社へ行きます。

ちかてつでかいしゃへいきます。

I go to work by subway.

Kanji in this word

  • 地 — ground, earth
  • 下 — down, below
  • 鉄 — iron

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