市電
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市電 (shiden): a city-operated tram.
Chinese
| market; city | electric; electricity; electrical | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (市電) | 市 | 電 | |
| simp. (市电) | 市 | 电 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
市電
Synonyms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 市 | 電 |
| し Grade: 2 |
でん Grade: 2 |
| on’yomi | |
Etymology
Shortening of 市営 (shiei, “municipal, operated by the city”) + 電車 (densha, “electric train”).
Alternately, shortening of 市内 (shinai, “within a city, intracity”) + 電車 (densha, “electric train”).
Pronunciation
Noun
- Short for 市営電車: a municipal (electric) train, a train operated by the city government
- Short for 市内電車: a tram, a streetcar
Synonyms
- (tram): 路面電車 (romen densha)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN