地下鉄

How to remember it

地下 (underground) + 鉄 (iron/rail) = the train that runs beneath the city.

Example sentences

• 地下鉄で新宿に行きます。

  ちかてつでしんじゅくにいきます。

  I go to Shinjuku by subway.

• 地下鉄の駅はどこですか。

  ちかてつのえきはどこですか。

  Where is the subway station?

Usage

Common compound; take it with で (by means of) for transit.

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